The Prosecutor's Office sees "incompatible" that Barça is an accusation in the 'Negreira case' after paying seven million to the former head of arbitration
The Prosecutor's Office opposes FC Barcelona being an accusation in the 'Negreira case' at the same time as being investigated. The Public Prosecutor's Office has submitted a brief to the Barcelona judge investigating the case, to which EL MUNDO has had access, in which it maintains that in his case it is “incompatible” to pursue the accusation at the same time that he has the status of investigated for buying the historic number two of the arbitration group for almost two decades.
“It seems evident that the status of being investigated and the procedural consequences that derive from it and that only apply to it are incompatible with the simultaneous position of accuser,” reasons the Prosecutor's Office, which joins the opposition of the former vice president of the Committee Referee Technician (CTA), José María Enríquez Negreira, who, as this newspaper revealed, also rejected Barça's request. In his case, arguing that the Barça club was carrying out an “exercise in cynicism”.
The club chaired by Joan Laporta, who paid Negreira more than seven million euros in 20 years for trying to achieve favorable results, as argued by the Public Ministry, asked to be accused in the process. He defended that the entity had been a victim of the Negreira family, since the son of the former arbitration leader had charged with false invoices through a former senior club official, Josep Contreras, who kept a commission of up to 50%. of the contracts.
Investigations under secret
From this moment on, the last word belongs to the instructor of the biggest scandal in Spanish sports in recent decades, who keeps the investigations secret after proving that Negreira took out huge amounts of cash..
The Civil Guard suspects that the former arbitration number two distributed money among senior Barça officials and that he could do the same with referees who refereed Barça. For this reason, the judge has decided to charge Javier Enríquez, son of José María Enríquez Negreira, whom the Prosecutor's Office kept as a witness, and has also pointed out the possible existence of a new crime of money laundering that is added to that of sports corruption.