The point of no return between Florentino Pérez and FC Barcelona has undoubtedly been reached. Yesterday, during his lunar press conference, the boss of Real Madrid shed more light on the Negreira affair. “The Negreira affair is the worst scandal in football. I can’t believe this still hasn’t been resolved. The same referees from the Negreira era are still active. They continue to referee. This doesn’t make any sense. Barça paid for Negreira’s services for two decades, and these referees are still active in the third decade..
Faced with these attacks, FC Barcelona responded via a press release to announce that its legal department was studying the possibilities of taking Casa Blanca to court. “With reference to the press conference organized by the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, we would like to clarify that our legal department is carefully examining his statements and accusations. These are currently being analyzed and we are evaluating the next steps to take. When the time comes, we will communicate appropriately on the positions adopted and decisions taken..
Pérez hurt Barça
While waiting to see if Barça will take Madrid to court, Blaugrana interim president Rafa Yuste (in office until Joan Laporta takes office at the end of the season, editor’s note) took advantage of the pre-match lunch with the leaders of Alavés to respond to the media. “Florentino’s words seemed pathetic and full of lies to me. The club already published a press release yesterday announcing that it was considering legal action, but I want to say that this maneuver by Florentino Pérez to cover up a sporting disaster that has lasted for two years will not lead it anywhere. There is no point in talking about Negreira again when we won two championships thanks to a project carried out with players from La Masia and others from outside. We are in the lead with 14 points and all this is just a smokescreen to try to justify poor sporting management. We, the Barça supporters, are very happy and nothing will take away our happiness”he declared, before responding to Pérez who accused Barça of having “stolen 7 Leagues” from him.
“Seven stolen championships? This is a total lie. Objectively speaking, this is not the case. He will know, we will defend ourselves, we owe it to the supporters and the club, and no one touches the club. We are very happy to have won La Liga and to have managed, two years in a row, to conquer one of the most difficult championships in the world, but I have to say one thing to Mr Florentino. (…) We will continue to fight to offer even more success to this club, so that La Masia is the indisputable pillar of our sports management. There is no news yet regarding possible legal action. The file has been in the hands of the legal department since yesterday and as soon as we have more information on what is being studied we will pass it on to you, but there are lines that should never be crossed and this man has already crossed them. I watched the press conference afterwards, not live, and it neither made me laugh nor cry. She made me sad”. Note that Florentino Pérez could respond to these comments since he will give an interview this evening to El Chiringuito at 9 p.m.…
