Barcelona (EFE)
This is how the leader referred during a massive appearance before the media to address the so-called ‘Negreira Case’, about the payments made by the club for seventeen years to the then vice president of the Territorial College of Referees (CTA).
“The letter from the Prosecutor’s Office has not been able to demonstrate that the payments could have influenced the choice of the referees or any sporting result. They have not been able to prove it because it was not possible, ”he insisted.
The leader considers that the precise object of the controversy is “technical arbitration advice” and “this fact of receiving technical and arbitration advice from these people does not constitute anything illegal and much less a criminal offence.”
“Clubs in general have already internalized it. We have a person who gives us this advice. We did it with clarity and transparency. This advice is reflected with invoices, via transfer, which have passed the relevant tax reviews. From 2003 and 2010 there has been no concealment. They were reflected in the club’s accounting and in a clear and transparent way, ”he insisted.