The UEFA president was re-elected at the 47th UEFA Congress and was questioned over the ‘Negreira case’
“I fully understand that it is the number one topic in Spain
Alexander Ceferin He was re-elected today at the 47th UEFA Congress in Lisbon and, at the subsequent press conference, he was asked about the ‘Negreira case’.
His tone towards FC Barcelona and this whole case has been much more restrained than the one shown in the interview he gave to the Slovenian newspaper Ekipa. “I wouldn’t comment on any of this. The most important thing today is the congress. I don’t want to comment on that. I can only assure you that we are concerned about football regardless of the club. I don’t know much about the subject. It’s not up to me to comment”, ditch Ceferin.
In the aforementioned medium he stated: “I have informed myself and the situation is extremely serious. It is so serious that, in my opinion, it is one of the most serious in football that I have seen,” said the head of UEFA
They asked him if he FC Barcelona can be left without competing in the Champions League next year for the ‘Negreira case’ and the response of Ceferin He is forceful again: “I fully understand that it is the number one topic in Spain, but I am not going to comment on this today,” he concludes.
The head of UEFA opted for prudence when judging this case because if finally the ordinary justice acquits Barça and decrees that in no case was there a purchase of referees, a sports sanction, even if it is qualified, would not make so much sense and would be a risk for the European body.
In addition, the Barça club, in the event that they are not allowed to play in the Champions League next season, intends to go to the TAS and claim a million-dollar compensation from the highest body in European football.