Overview
- A court submission publicized by private prosecutor and ex‑referee Xavier Estrada Fernández shows Madrid requesting access to audits, due diligence and forensic reviews tied to the case from 2010 to 2021, including work by KPMG, PwC, Deloitte and Kroll.
- Madrid also wants more than 600 documents Barcelona filed in July 2023 plus the club’s internal investigation materials, including preliminary and final reports and interview records.
- Further requests cover internal audits identifying payments to companies linked to Negreira, annual financial statements with external audit opinions, tax governance committee minutes, legal communications via Camps Legal Advisors and witness testimony from Carlos Naval Biosca.
- The push follows a public broadside from Florentino Pérez, who used Real Madrid’s Christmas address to call the affair the “biggest scandal in football history,” prompting Joan Laporta to retort that Madrid suffers from “acute Barcelonitis.”
- The investigation centers on payments exceeding €7 million from 2001 to 2018, with the case active in court and potential legal and reputational consequences still in play.