BarcelonaA possible UEFA sanction to Barça for the Negreira case could go further than to leave the first men’s football team without European competition. The sanction, should it occur, would be for the club. Therefore, the disciplinary consequences would also affect the other teams of the Blaugrana entity that play in UEFA competitions: the women’s first team and the men’s youth football team, and futsal. This is what several lawyers specializing in sports law have explained to the ARA. “The sanction would be for the club. Therefore, it would affect all the Barça teams that compete in UEFA competitions,” says a lawyer who has worked for the highest European football body. “You can’t differentiate between some teams and others from the same club,” says Toni Roca, lawyer and CEO of Himnus Football Lawyers, along the same lines. Lawyer Marc Remolà, partner of Omnium Legal Abogados, also interprets the regulations in this way: “The regulations do not distinguish between teams. Since the conduct is not imputed for a specific infringement by a team in a certain competition, UEFA could determine to extend it to all the club’s teams that participate in their competitions”.
UEFA could also sanction the women’s Barça and leave it without the Champions League
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