Barcelona president Laporta will give a press conference on the ‘Negreira case’ next week

Journalist Gerard Romero has confirmed that Barcelona president Joan Laporta will give a press conference on the Negreira case on Monday, April 17 at 11:00 AM. The event will be held at the Auditori 1899.

The news comes only a day after it was revealed that the Higher Sports Council (CSD) is now involved in the case. As reported before, 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 the organisation would intervene in the case at the right time. They finally decided to present the writ of their representation in the ‘Negreira case’ in the Investigating Court number 1 of Barcelona.

For now, Barcelona have already reported that they are set to open an audit on this case through a law firm from outside of the club. Once the team compiles everything in order, the president will appear to give all the explanations.

It must be remembered that it is not going to be Laporta’s first public appearance in the Negreira case. Back in March, the president had said that the management will not only defend itself but will attack.

“The suffering is not by chance, and you all know it. Its objective, in the short term, is to destabilise the team, and in the medium term, to control Barça, to keep it,” Laporta had said. 

“I will have time to explain who, why and how they want to orchestrate this campaign. I have no doubt that we will defend ourselves. And we will not only defend ourselves, but we will also attack.”

For now, no concrete evidence has been found that explains the money Barcelona allotted ended in the referees’ pockets to favour them. In addition, no evidence has been found against the team that says they were benefitting from referees.