The facts reported by the Spanish press these days are overwhelming. Between 2001 and 2018, FC Barcelona granted more than 6 million euros to the former vice-president of the Arbitrary Technical Committee of Spain (CTA) José Maria Enriquez Negreira. This for advisory missions to the Catalan club, defends the latter, caught by the tax authorities for having failed to clarify this suspicious source of income.

A fax dating from February 2019 and revealed by the daily El Mundo accredits during the thesis of corruption. José Maria Enriquez Negreira, then halves of his duties at the CTA, having openly threatened Barça to reveal the scandal. To date, no proceedings have been opened. La Liga, for the voice of its president Javier Tebas, having let me know last week that the Blaugranas did not risk “ no sports sanction », « the limitation period for this type of sanction being three years « .

The government reacts

This Monday, Sevilla FC is stepping up to hold the Spanish (Site notre blog d’information) Federation (RFEF) to account.  » It is absolutely necessary to shed full light on this affair in order to clarify what happened and, if necessary, to determine the responsibilities foreseen.writes the Andalusian club in a press release. The seriousness of the facts known to date, which call into question or cast doubt on the integrity of Spanish (Site notre bureau spécialisé) competitions, also leads Sevilla FC to publicly appeal to the League and the RFEF, as the highest representatives of the Spanish (Site notre bureau spécialisé), the RFEF being also the highest authority responsible for the arbitration collective, to promote and participate in all the procedures that may arise from this case once the investigation is completed. »

The head of the Spanish government in person, Pedro Sanchez, reacted to the controversy, which continues to grow on the other side of the Pyrenees. «  I heard about this. I believe that the Spanish (Site notre blog d’information) Federation will open an investigation into this case. We will therefore wait for the bodies in charge of the good governance of La Liga to clarify the situation. “, he breathes, thus relayed by the Catalan media Sport.