President Laporta, speaking at a session held in the city of Barcelona, where he was a guest, spoke regarding the investigations launched following it was revealed that the Barcelona Club had paid Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, the former Deputy Head of the Referee Technical Board, for a period to collect information regarding the referees, through the company he owned, and the allegations that put his club under suspicion. replied.
“Absolutely not”
Laporta, who said that he did not know Negreira, “Barcelona has never tried to buy referees. We have neither bought referees nor attempted to do so. It certainly didn’t happen. Barcelona will come out of these allegations unscathed.” he said.
Reminding that the LaLiga institution, which is affiliated with the 1st and 2nd football leagues in Spain, signed an agreement of 2.7 billion euros with the CVC investment company for 50-year live broadcast rights, Laporta said that Barcelona and Real Madrid did not approve this, and then LaLiga and CVC. He claimed that he was trying to control Barcelona.
Spanish media suggested that a legal initiative will be launched
On the other hand, the Spanish media claimed that the prosecutor’s office carrying out an investigation into the Barcelona Club, which was found to have paid a total of 7 million euros to the company of former Referee Technical Board Negreira between 2001-2018, has completed its work, and that a legal initiative will be initiated to file a lawsuit once morest the Catalan club on corruption charges.
Osman Kocaer
Haber7.com – Sports Editor
