UEFA opened a case against Barcelona because of payments to Negreira: the club can be removed from European competition

This is already very serious.

According to RMC Sport, UEFA ethics and disciplinary inspectors will conduct an investigation into a possible violation of the body’s legal framework by the Catalan club in the framework of the “Negreira case”. According to UEFA regulations, clubs must not use any illegal methods to influence the results of matches, both nationally and internationally.

Under UEFA regulations, Barcelona are facing exclusion from European competition next season.

According to Marca, the European body believes that there are enough arguments for a potential violation of the rules. Therefore, he proceeds to open a case for an investigation into the Negreira case.

“In accordance with article 31 (paragraph 4) of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations, UEFA ethics and disciplinary inspectors were appointed today to investigate a possible violation of the UEFA regulatory framework. “Caso Negreira,” the statement said. Additional information on this matter will be available in due course.”

This is confirmed by El Confidencial, which said on Wednesday that the body is following very closely the progress of the legal proceedings brought against the club for paying more than seven million euros to Enriquez Negreira, when the latter served as vice president of the officiating technical committee.

Earlier, the Barcelona prosecutor’s office filed a lawsuit against the club over possible corruption in payments to the former vice-president of the technical refereeing committee, José María Enríquez Negreira. Payments could be made in order to provide the necessary refereeing to the club. Barça claimed to have paid for the referee reports prepared by Negreira, who received €7.3m from the club from 2001 to 2018.