First, it was Madrid. Then, the Spanish Government through the Higher Sports Council (CSD). Now, it has been the Spanish Football Federation (FEF) who has announced that “it has appeared in the judicial procedure” that has been opened for the Negreira case after it was admitted for processing by the Investigating Court number 1 of Barcelona ” the complaint by the Prosecutor’s Office for the payments of FC Barcelona to the former vice-president of the Technical Committee of Referees, José María Enríquez Negreira”.
In a comprehensive official statement, the Federation explains that “once the situation has been analysed” all the mechanisms have been put in place, for which reason it has sent “to the UEFA integrity director the report of the Federation’s Integrity department and all the documentation that supports the writing”.
???? OFFICIAL | The RFEF appears in the ‘Negreira case’
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In addition, the entity chaired by Luis Rubiales wanted to recall that “it is collaborating from the outset with the competent authorities to make the work of the investigation into these events as easy as possible”, although it wanted to specify “that they predate the current management team of the RFEF”.
“Reach the end”
This step of appearing in the court of the Negreira case in which Barça defends its innocence has also been previously announced to UEFA, in addition to the fact that “the aforementioned report prepared has been transferred to the CSD, with a copy to FC Barcelona and the CTA. by the Integrity Department.
The Federation demands that there be “the necessary and advisable serenity that contributes to lowering the climate of tension that has been created towards the arbitration group”
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And in this sense, the federation has valued “the unquestionable commitment” that it has had in the investigation of this matter since it requires “going to the end”, demanding, yes, “the necessary and advisable serenity that contributes to lowering the climate of tension that has been created towards the arbitration group”.
The Federation considers that this climate of tension “is not at all beneficial for football” and calls for calm because “the application of justice requires time and to prove those acts that can be considered illegal.”