La Liga president continues to attack Barcelona: “Joan Laporta is seeing ghosts”

The animosity between La Liga president Javier Tebas and his Barcelona counterpart Joan Laporta has reached new heights this year, especially after an investigation that accused Barça of paying former vice-president of the referee’s committee, Enriquez Negreira, for insights and even result manipulation.

Although Spain’s prosecutor’s office has found no evidence that suggests Barcelona were involved in result manipulation, Tebas has called out the club time and time again, even threatening with potential sanctions, including demotion.

Tebas most recently called out Laporta for not addressing the Negreira allegations and Barcelona’s long silence over the matter.

La Liga president has continued his attack on Barcelona once again today, stating that the Negreira scandal sets a bad outlook not only for Barcelona but also for Spanish football, in general.

“Laporta is seeing ghosts when there are none. It doesn’t look good, the case is harming and will continue to harm not only Barça’s but the reputation of all clubs,” Tebas said (h/t Diario SPORT).

His comments come a few days after UEFA confirmed its own investigation over Barcelona and their potential involvement in the scandal. Reports suggest Tebas was highly involved in influencing the European footballing authority to look into this matter.

Although Barcelona have indeed remained silent on the matter, they are collecting information and have launched several external investigations of their own. The idea is to make Laporta appear before the press, most likely in April.

Laporta has hinted recently that Barcelona have the evidence and are ready to not only defend themselves, but also attack, if necessary.