Overview
- Speaking at Barça’s December 19 club event, Joan Laporta charged Real Madrid and Real Madrid TV with running smear campaigns and violating ethical standards, vowing the club would not tolerate it.
- He used phrases such as “vomit lies” and “poison the atmosphere,” while insisting Barcelona is “strong again” and won’t allow efforts to discredit the club’s badge and essence.
- The outburst followed Florentino Pérez’s recent comments calling the Negreira affair the “biggest scandal in football” and renewed criticism of refereeing in Spain.
- Former presidential candidate Victor Font urged Laporta to sue Real Madrid and its TV channel, denounce alleged conflicts of interest in refereeing, and consider breaking relations if Pérez does not retract.
- News reports note Real Madrid later entered the Negreira legal proceedings as prosecutors and UEFA continue inquiries, with relations between the clubs described as sharply deteriorating.