Spanish government gets involved in the Negreira case – report

In a massive revelation made by Mundo Deportivo, it has been confirmed that the Higher Sports Council (CSD) of Spain is now involved in the infamous Negreira case.

The report says that CSD’s appearance in the ongoing corruption case has been long overdue. In March, the President of the Sports Council  Jose Manuel Franco said that they would intervene in the case ‘at the right time’.

“The intention of the CSD is to appear, but at the right time, because we must not forget that the Prosecutor’s Office has denounced before an Investigating Court, that court has to admit it for processing and that will be when we, with our legal services, appear already in this cause,” Franco had said back then.

He added that he wants Barcelona to come up with an explanation as to why their name has been involved in it while also mentioning that this scandal is bad for Spanish football altogether.

“This case worries me because Spanish sport is bad for it; What is bad for football is bad for Spanish sport: a club does not pay the vice-president of the referees for nothing like that, it must be investigated.”

“I want to ask the club for some kind of clarification, that they say what has happened, it might not be as serious as it seems, but the issue is very ugly and it worries us and it is a discredit for Spanish sport and football,” he added.

And after all this while, the CSD has now presented the writ of their representation in the ‘Negreira case’ in the Investigating Court number 1 of Barcelona.

The recent development regarding the ongoing case portrays that any kind of suggestion that says the money Barcelona allocated ended up in the referees’ pockets to favour them is losing strength.

Additionally, as reported before, so far no evidence has been found against Barcelona that says they were benefitting from referees.