Real Madrid announces decisive decision after the emergency meeting of the Board of Directors

On Sunday, Real Madrid held an emergency meeting of the board of directors to assess the measures that the club will take in the Barcelona corruption case with “Negrera.” The club agreed to appear in the legal proceedings.

the official statement from Real Madrid

• The Board of Directors of Real Madrid C.F., in its meeting held today, learned of the serious accusations brought by the Public Prosecutor’s Office against FC Barcelona, ​​two of its presidents, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, and former managers Albert Soler and Oscar Grau, based on possible crimes, among others, For corruption in the sports field, within the framework of the relations established by the aforementioned club with the Vice-President of the Referees Technical Committee, José María Enriquez Negrera.
• Real Madrid expresses its deep concern about the seriousness of the facts and reiterates its full confidence in the action of justice and has agreed that, in defense of its legitimate interests, it will appear in the procedure as soon as the judge opens the case to the parties who have been injured.

The leaders of the White Club waited for the Attorney General’s office to take the step of filing a lawsuit, and with all the information available, the statement was issued and the critical decision was made to appear in the complaint at the time it was accepted.

Real Madrid has spent two decades denouncing cases it considered bizarre, all of them related to refereeing. He did not join the LaLiga letter because not all teams could vote for him and because he would not join any initiative promoted by the League.

The Whites feel touched by all that has been denounced and what they are looking for is to punish the guilty if it finally turns out that all is as it seems and that the money paid by Barcelona to Enriquez Negrera was used to obtain arbitration assistance.

Prosecutor’s complaint

Last Friday it was learned that the Barcelona Public Prosecutor’s Office had sent the complaint to the Investigative Court No. 1 of Barcelona in which former presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell were charged with a continuing crime of corruption in the field of business in the form of fraud.

The prosecution’s complaint: “Barcelona reached and maintained a highly confidential verbal agreement with the convict, Enriquez Negrera, in his capacity as Vice-President of the Technical Committee for Arbitration and in return for money, he will carry out procedures that tend to favor Barcelona in making referee decisions in the matches played by the club, and thus in the results of competitions.”

Source: Marca