Marca: Real Madrid decides to pursue Negrera s case to the end, demanding FIFA to punish Barcelona

Hupu September 25th According to the latest report by Real Madrid reporter JOSÉFÉLIXDÍAZ of Spanish media "Marca", La Liga giants Real Madrid Club decided to pursue the highly-watched "Negrera case" to the end, and formally required relevant regulatory agencies to punish the suspected violations of the Barcelona Club.

Maca said that as the investigation into the case entered a critical stage, Real Madrid has quietly adjusted its response strategy in the past few weeks. The case centered on Barcelona's payment of more than 7 million euros to José Maria Enriquez Negrera, then vice chairman of the Spanish referees' Technical Committee, between 2001 and 2018. Real Madrid's senior executives are firm in this regard and clearly stated that they will not give up on holding the sports responsibility that may be involved in this matter.

At the specific action level, Real Madrid is advancing from two paths: on the one hand, waiting for the judicial system to make a final judgment on the case, and on the other hand, it has informed FIFA of all progress related to the case. If the judiciary ultimately determines that there is a fact of sports corruption, UEFA may also initiate an independent investigation process.

This case is mainly aimed at the operations of Bartomeu and Rosel in charge of Barcelona, ​​accusing the two of them as the main responsible persons for the series of incidents and their consequences. Against this background, Real Madrid is trying to clarify a key question through judicial procedures: Why did the Spanish Football Association shorten the statute of prosecution of corrupt behaviors to five years when revising its moral code in 2021? This modification directly led to Barcelona's payment to Negrera's escape from sports-level accountability. According to the original regulations, once any form of corruption is proven, the relevant penalties will not be subject to statutory limitations.