2023-07-27 17:04:26
The ‘Negreira case’ will not limit, at least for now, Barcelona in its sporting journey.
UEFA, through its Appeals Committee, announced this Thursday that The procedure regarding his admission to the Champions League has been suspended for this 2023-24 season, so the Barca first team will be able to participate normally this season in the Champions League.
The European body chaired by Alexander Ceferinhowever, he cautions that his research “it may be resumed, ex officio or at the request of the Ethics and Disciplinary inspectors” who have been scrutinizing the case.
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The president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, had already tried to make Ceferin understand that the club could not be removed from European competitions without a conviction, no matter how much the payment of 7.5 million euros had been proven for nearly of two decades to the former vice president of the Arbitration Technical Committee, José María Enríquez Negreira. The case is in the hands of the Examining Court number 1 of Barcelona, and the legal sources consulted suggest a long process ahead.
In any case, UEFA has asked its inspectors to continue with your investigations and that they send a new report to the UEFA Appeals Committee as long as they “consider that the admission/exclusion of FC Barcelona should be evaluated”.
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The Barcelona club already had to respond to a questionnaire of 71 questions remitted by the independent investigators of the UEFA. But he also had to render accounts to the investors of Espai Barça, who signed the financing after receiving guarantees that the team would not be excluded, at least for now, from the Champions League.
Joan Laporta, in his public appearance on April 17, justified the large payments to the Negreira family with the preparation of 629 reports and 43 CDs made by the son of the former number two referee, Javier Enríquez.
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