Madrid has decided to appear as a private prosecution in the Negreira case for the payments that Barça made to the then vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) between 2001 and 2018. Payments of almost 7 million euros, according to the investigation carried out by the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office. Hours after the investigations into this scandal were made public, the white club already issued a statement warning that it was taking “actions” given “the seriousness of the accusations.” With the white board meeting urgently this noon, the club has issued a comprehensive statement, the second in 24 hours, to announce “its deep concern about the seriousness of the events and reiterates its full confidence in the action of justice and has agreed that , in defense of their legitimate interests, will appear in the procedure as soon as the judge opens it to the injured parties”.
From silence to being in the front row
Madrid’s strategy in this scandal has been changing. He has gone from the initial silence, waiting, sources from the white club maintained, the judicial action to now put himself in the front row to demand that justice clarify every last detail of the economic relationship that he maintained Enriquez Negreira with Barca. If the white club is admitted in the process, it will thus have access to all the documentation that is considered in the trial.
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It is the first club to officially announce that it will appear in a process that affected, and across the board, up to four Barça presidents, as well as some club executives: Joan Gaspart, Joan Laporta, first term, Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, the last two accused by the prosecution. Madrid has referred to them in this second statement.
“The Board of Directors of Real Madrid CF, at its meeting held today, learned of the serious accusations made by the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office against FC Barcelona, two of its presidents, Josep María Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, and former directors Albert Soler and Óscar Grau, on the basis of potential crimes, among others, of corruption in the sports field, within the framework of the relations established by said club with the former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees, José María Enríquez Negreira ” .
For this reason, Madrid went from words in the first statement to deeds in the second by deciding to appear “in defense”, as it has specified, of “its legitimate interests”, pending, of course, that the “judge open it to the injured parties”.
This change in strategy was made by Madrid just before the match against Espanyol was played, which they ended up winning at the Bernabéu (3-1). He did it just the week before the league classic that will take place at the Camp Nou on Sunday the 19th against Barça. He did it just to distance himself from the silence that had presided over his position since Cadena SER in Catalonia uncovered the arbitration scandal.
Distancing himself from Laporta
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Florentino did it to abandon Joan Laporta, with whom he had a commercial alliance, both use the same method to exploit the new Bernabéu and the new Camp Nou, and a strategic alliance in the creation of the European Super League and in their common front against javier thebesthe president of LaLiga.
Madrid has taken action in the Negreira case. It has been even faster than the League itself or the Spanish Football Federation (FEF), who have already announced their intention to appear as a private prosecution. But, so far, they have not implemented that idea. The white club, yes.