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Negreira Case Turns as Son Says Barcelona Payments Weren’t for Reports

Court testimony in Madrid undercuts Barcelona's explanation for years of payments.

Overview

  • Javier Enríquez Romero told the judge the club’s multimillion-euro transfers to his father were unrelated to his referee analyses and called them unethical.
  • He said he produced more than 600 reports, earned about €60,000 in total and charged up to €7,000 per report.
  • Former presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu testified the money covered legitimate advisory work, including pre- and post-match reports.
  • Bartomeu said he inherited the contract, was unaware José María Enríquez Negreira was behind the firm, and ended the service in 2018 due to budget cuts.
  • The investigation remains open after an earlier bribery charge was dropped, with Real Madrid among the claimants and further witnesses still to testify.