Club under investigation for payments to former Spanish referee director
The Negreira case, which investigates payments made by barcelona to the former vice-president of the Spanish technical refereeing committee, Enríquez Negreira, could lead to heavy penalties for the club. In addition to the investigations of La Liga and the Royal Spanish Football Federation, UEFA has also launched an investigation into the case. and study sporting sanctions against Barça, including the suspension of European competitions.
Because of this possibility of a sanction, the “Onze” program of the Catalan channel “Tv3” said that the Blaugrana council is analyzing the competition in other competitions outside the national and even European ambit, since there is no he still has no idea even from the entities as much as from the club what the defined penalty will be and the length of time.
One of the managers’ options is to play in the Asian leagues as a host club, which could bring high profits to the club’s coffers. If you don’t get the place as a guest, the possibility of playing a tour of the continent, with friendlies, is also not excluded. If you are also prohibited from acting in Spain, the dispute of other top-level European leagues would be more difficult as they are governed by UEFA, but it is also under review. The choice would be made by a vote of club members following the official announcement of the sanctions.
Last week the president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, met with the main representative of UEFA, Alexander Ceferin, to explain how the payments to Negreira worked and what their purpose was. The investigations underline that the money was provided in exchange for favoring the Spanish collegiate in national matches, but the Catalan regent told Ceferin that the purpose was to receive videos from other clubs, to help the technical commission analyze the opponents.
Source: Terra
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