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The Negreira affair has been somewhat forgotten internationally, but in Spain, it continues to unleash passions. In this scandal which notably concerns payments from FC Barcelona to the former vice-president of the referees committee, new elements emerge every day. If FC Barcelona defends itself from any possible act of corruption vis-à-vis the Spanish arbitration body, Real Madrid is not giving up and wants the justice system, which has already taken up the matter, to impose a sanction on the team Catalan.
As the daily explains Marca, Real Madrid wants to go to the end in this matter. The Madrilenians know that other documents in the file will come out in the near future, and they will exert intense pressure on the competent authorities so that everything is clarified. The management of the club in the Spanish capital wants sanctions. Against FC Barcelona, who they will face in the final of the Spanish Super Cup this evening in Saudi Arabia, but not only that.
Real Madrid does not give up
The club’s staff notably intends that the former president of the Federation, the sulphurous Luis Rubiales, be also sanctioned, in particular because he had not taken this matter seriously. For Real Madrid, behind this story there are clear signs of sporting corruption. They are convinced that FC Barcelona has benefited from certain advantages following its payments.
The thinking heads of Real Madrid even want all the people who had the slightest involvement in this story to be dismissed from their positions. The Whites will closely monitor the evolution of the investigation opened by UEFA on this subject, as well as possible sanctions from UEFA against Barça in another matter: that of financial fair play. Florentino Pérez and Joan Laporta may well be on the same side in certain issues such as the Super League, the first clearly intends to bring down the second…
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