LaLiga president Javier Tebas admits Barcelona‘s Enriquez Negreira case is raising major concerns.
Barca are being investigated over payments to the former referee’s company for advice.
“The issue has been discussed. There is deep concern in most of the clubs, including Barcelona, about the Negreira case, about the amount of the payments and the duration of the contracts,” Tebas declared.
“There is deep concern about the damage being done to Spanish football. I have explained what the league is going to do. Among other things I have written to the Public Prosecutor’s Office with some information that can help the investigation of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. If there had been no sporting statute of limitations, we would have opened a disciplinary case without a doubt.
“If the Public Prosecutor’s Office considers that there is no cause, we believe that there is enough for a complaint to be filed in order to continue investigating. What is missing is what Barcelona are doing. With what we know, we must continue investigating.
“I said this in Barcelona the other day and I repeat it again. It is what the clubs have discussed and it is what they want. I see the notes as more cosmetic. I am tired of notes. The indications are that we have to investigate”.
Joan Laporta has been swept up in this case, and Tebas was asked point-blank whether the current Barcelona president should resign from his post.
“If he doesn’t explain well why he was paid, I think he should [resign]. He has not given a reasonable explanation for these payments. In the note that Barcelona issued it seemed that this was done by all football clubs,” he continued.
“It is one thing if you have ex-referees and another if you have ex-referees who are also on the Technical Committee of Referees. This is an issue that I would like to see clarified. The time that this has been going on is not three seasons, but many seasons. Also with many directives, who didn’t talk to each other.
“I don’t like it at all.”
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