Overview

• Judge Alejandra Gil has summoned president Joan Laporta and former coaches Luis Enrique and Ernesto Valverde after a renewed request from the anti-corruption prosecutor’s office.
• Prosecutors are seeking explanations for over €7.5 million in payments made by FC Barcelona between 2001 and 2018 to societies linked to Negreira and his son.
• Ernesto Valverde previously testified that he never received referee reports from Negreira’s son and denied relying on such information for match strategies.
• A Guardia Civil report concluded there is no conclusive evidence that the payments funded genuine refereeing advice, though it noted Negreira’s influential role in the Spanish refereeing committee.
• The investigation’s instruction was extended by six months in March, and former club presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu are slated to testify in September.