Overview
- Florentino Pérez called the Negreira affair the most serious case in football and said governing bodies have left Real Madrid isolated in seeking accountability.
- He questioned Barcelona’s explanation for the payments, asserting that more than €8 million was spent on referee reports that coaches never received.
- Pérez argued the alleged corruption may have had sporting consequences, even suggesting a club could have been relegated, and vowed Madrid will keep pressing the case.
- His remarks followed Real Madrid’s anger that LaLiga and the RFEF posed virtually no questions during Joan Laporta’s recent testimony before the investigating judge.
- The judicial investigation continues into payments of about €7.3 million from 2011 to 2018, with Laporta denying wrongdoing and citing hundreds of technical reports, while Real Madrid participates as a private prosecutor.