The testimonies of the arbitrators requested in the context of the Negreira affair are damning for FC Barcelona!
According to the admission of most of the referees interviewed as part of the investigations into the Negreira affair, FC Barcelona “ thought he could influence arbitration thanks to his contracts » with the former vice-president of the Technical Committee of Arbitration (CTA) in Spain. Counting among the 21 officials already interviewed by investigators, Fernando Roman assures us: “ No one dared to complain or suggest anything » against the influential José Maria Enriquez Negreira.
In other words, the former number two in arbitration on the other side of the Pyrenees had a certain power of persuasion over the arbitral body of persuasion. However, real suspicions of corruption of the latter by Barça exist while the person concerned – now suffering from Alzheimer’s disease – received nearly seven million euros between 2001 and 2018 for alleged technical advice.
Gonzalez Gonzalez empties his bag
Advice judged “ useless “, if not imaginary, by the former referee José Luis Gonzalez Gonzalez, who believes that ” Negreira concluded an agreement with managers or members of FC Barcelona to benefit privately from these payments “. In extracts relayed this Friday by El Mundo, the aforementioned official insists: “ José Maria made them understand that he had a certain power over the referees » ; also the people of Barcelona paid him for “ obtain a sporting benefit “.
