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Today, Sunday, the Spanish club Real Madrid entered the line of the “Barcelona corruption” case.
And the Royal Club confirmed that it would appear in the arbitration corruption case related to its rival Barcelona as an “affected party”, as soon as the procedures were resumed.
On Friday, the Spanish judiciary accused Barcelona, its former presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Bartomeu, and former arbitration official Jose Maria Enriques Negrera of “corruption”, “breach of trust” and “falsifying commercial records” in the case of suspicious payments from the Catalan club to Negrera.
And a statement from the Royal Club, Sunday, said: “Real Madrid would like to express its deep concern regarding the seriousness of the facts and confirm its confidence in the judicial system. The club, defending its legitimate rights, has agreed to appear in court when the judge opens the case to the aggrieved parties.”
This, and the prosecutions of the Public Prosecutor in Barcelona, are targeting the Catalan club in its moral capacity, in addition to Rosell, Bartomeu, and two other people in the latter’s team.
The case relates to alleged payments made by Barcelona to Negrera, the former vice-president of the technical arbitration committee, to provide the club with advice and oral advice on referee-related topics.
The Public Prosecution indicated that the Catalan club paid a total of more than 7.3 million euros to Negrera, between 1994 and 2018.
According to Barcelona, who deny any wrongdoing, Dasnel 95 was paid to advise the club on refereeing matters. But the Spanish judiciary believes that these sums may have been used to bribe the rulers.
La Liga president Javier Tebas said that Barcelona does not face immediate danger at the sporting level, because the governing bodies of Spanish, European and world football have a 5-year statute of limitations.
The officials involved face prison terms from six months to four years.
Sanctions imposed on Barcelona might range from the club’s “suspension of activity” to its “total dissolution” as a company, according to Alberto Palomar, a law professor at Madrid’s Carlos III University, who was consulted by AFP.
