The prosecution wants Laporta to testify as a witness in the Negreiro case

The State Ministry believes that there is still room for the Barcelona payment case Enriquez Negreira, former vice-president of the arbitrator, which lasted from 2001 to 2018, may have legal consequences for those involved. The prosecutor’s office believes that there could have been a continuous criminal offense of corruption in business operations, in the form of sports fraud and other dishonest management, which would raise the statute of limitations from five to ten years.

According to publish Worldin the filed complaint it is requested that all presidents that Barcelona testified as witnesses between 2001 and 2018. Among them would be the current one, Joan Laporta, who would have to make a statement not because of the current mandate, but because of the previous one, which he extended from 2003 to 2010.

Teba announces that the League will present itself as a private lawsuit

javier thebespresident of the League, assured that this body will also appear as a private prosecutor in the case of Negreiro and explained that “Spanish football needs clarity”, after stressing that “the reputation of this competition is above and that it does not matter which club”.

Thebes announced the action after confirming that the prosecutor’s office will file a report against former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu and against the club itself for millions of payments to the former judge, and following information published by newspapers this Wednesday World about a message José María Enríquez Negreira sent to Barcelona, ​​in which he claimed he could “help them with VAR”.

“Very sad, we have to investigate. You need to know if there was an impact or not. Because the influence can be direct or indirect. But it is open to investigation. Only intent to try to buy the game or change the score. “Simply pretending to think you can change the referee’s mind, even flagging, can be a crime,” he explained.

Thebes revealed that the League reported the case to UEFA 48 hours after it was announced. “Since we could not intervene because it was prescribed, we wrote to UEFA, which other institutions did not do,” he said after reminding that the UEFA statute provides that when national institutions cannot intervene, they can do so internationally.

The League president insisted he wanted the matter cleared up and that there was “no campaign to discredit Barcelona” and also denied he had an interest in the club becoming a joint-stock company. “In the Spanish league, we are the ones who fight against state clubs. We are not obsessed with Barcelona, ​​Laporta and his managers know that,” he said.

“I can help you with VAR, it would be better with me. If you’re interested, contact us,” says the newspaper, which Negreira wrote to try to maintain the relationship he had with the club and reported 6.6 million euros to him.

Barcelona’s prosecutor’s office will charge Barcelona as a legal entity, Enríquez Negreira, the club’s former president, Josep María Bartomeu and former directors Alberto Soler and Óscar Grau with criminal offenses of business corruption and dishonest administration, following payments made between 2001 and 2018 for alleged arbitration advice .