LaLiga and its Delegate Commission rejected and repudiated the facts known by “the case of Negreira/FC Barcelona”at the same time that they announced that “they are actively working to clarify any irregularity that may have occurred around” it, “whether sporting or of any other nature.”
The Delegate Commission of LaLiga, made up of Atlético de Madrid, Levante, Sevilla, Betis, Real Sociedad, Cádiz, Getafe, Villarreal, Tenerife, Alavés, Eibar, Las Palmas, Lugo and Huesca, held a meeting this Tuesday in which the body explained to its members the different actions it has carried out after learning about the investigation that the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office has initiated in relation to some payments that the company of the former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees, José María Enríquez Negreira, received from the Barcelona Football Club between 2016 and 2018 for 1.4 million euros.
As reported by LaLiga, his performances include “a letter to the Prosecutor’s Office; communications with the data and information that LaLiga considers pertinent to different Spanish and European organizations and more actions that at this time LaLiga considers that it should not make public so as not to harm the investigation”.
“Yesterday, during the Division Meeting, most of the LaLiga clubs expressed their deep concern over this case, which they consider to be of maximum gravityTherefore, the proposal for a joint communication received the unanimous support of all the LaLiga SmartBank clubs and all the LaLiga Santander clubs with the exception of two, who objected to this joint communication for different reasons,” the agency said without specifying the names these
The body chaired by Javier Tebas insisted that the clubs and their Delegate Commission “reject and repudiate the factsand they are deeply concerned and actively working to clarify any irregularities that may have occurred around the Negreira case, whether sporting or of any other nature.”
He also maintained that “it is closely following this matter and will act firmly within the powers and limits allowed by the Law”.
“The Delegated Commission firmly supports the actions of LaLiga in response to the work demonstrated and carried out during these years by preserve the integrity of the competition“, he added.