The threat of being excluded from all European competitions is becoming more apparent for the Spanish club, which is currently under investigation by UEFA.
The noose is tightening around FC Barcelona more than ever when it comes to the Negreira affair. Until then limited to the Spanish border, the scandal is now spreading internationally with an investigation being carried out from Thursday by UEFA and ethics and disciplinary inspectors. According to the Spanish daily BrandUEFA, he believes there are enough elements to investigate a possible violation of regulations.
"In accordance with Article 31(4) of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations, the UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary Ombudsman has been appointed to investigate the possible breach of UEFA's legal framework by FC Barcelona as part of the so-called 'Caso Negreira'", said the European agency's press release specifying that more information would be available on the subject "in the near future". Very disturbing news for the Catalan club that risks being completely kicked out of all European competitions if the accusations are true. "FCB" proudly topped the La Liga rankings before the great rival Real Madrid has entered the sights of Spanish justice. Last week, Barcelona's No. 1 Court of Instruction opened a judicial investigation into this arbitration scandal, in which FC Barcelona and several former leaders of the team were specifically accused of "corruption" and "breach of trust".
Justice Spain alleges it had "reached and maintained a strictly confidential oral agreement with José Maria Enriquez negreira to, as vice-president of the Technical Arbitration Committee (CTA) and to exchange taking money, the latter takes actions that tend to favor FC Barcelona in the decision-making of the referees.
Paying 7.3 million in exchange for arbitration compensation for FC Barcelona? According to the prosecution, between 2001 and 2018, the Catalan club had to pay a total of more than 7.3 million euros to José Maria Enriquez Negreira, the former referee and former vice-chairman of the federation's technical refereeing committee. Spanish football. 1994 and 2018. But at the sporting level in Spain, Barça is not risking anything:
According to La Liga president Javier Tebas, events that are more than five years old are considered timed. On the other hand, at the criminal level, leaders have questioned the risk of sentences ranging from six months to four years in prison.
This scandal has caused a wave of outrage and criticism:
In the Bernabéu at the beginning of March or in Bilbao last weekend, Catalan fans were subjected to a rain of counterfeit money printed with the accused.
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