La Liga Javier Tebas has offered Barcelona fans the opportunity to breathe relief from the ongoing Negreira case, clarifying the possible sanctions that could be implemented.
Barcelona was accused of sports corruption in 2023 After it came to light, the payments had been allegedly used to have been used to a company associated with former Spanish arbitration committee Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira for several years.
In return for these payments totaling around € 7 million, Barcelona is said to have received reports and videos about the referees.
Research to collect evidence is in progress and no resolution has been reached, although The championship He wants the case to hear in a courtroom.
But while Tebas seeks legal punishment, he explained that he would come in the form of financial penalties rather than athletic. This means that even if he is found guilty of offense, Barcelona could not be violently relegated to La Liga as a punishment.
“I do not make sports laws. I have to comply with what has been established,” Tebas explained in an interview The target. “In this case, the status of crimes restrictions is three years and we cannot invent a different regime of restrictions. Thus, no, there would be no administrative relegation for this reason.
“The field of ratification for the crime of sports corruption has many shades and I am not going to go in too many details because we will do a course in the criminal law here. But, in summary, sanctions can range from the dismantling of an entity or commercial Company in financial fines. “
Tebas also wanted to point out that there were no evidence for the purchase of individual Barcelona referees, with athletic corruption being applied to the alleged transactions with Negreira.
“What needs to be clarified is that, in this research, the referee market has not been proven,” he said. “The details and data have been requested by all parties, but there are no indications that a referee has been purchased. What is clear is the payment for Negreira, and this is already athletic corruption. But when you read or hear certain things, it seems that is excessive. “
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2025-02-23 19:15:00
