it’s the war between Barça and La Liga

On the sporting level, there is nothing to say, Barça is still in contention in all its competitions and remains leader of La Liga, with nine points ahead of Real Madrid. But since Monday, FC Barcelona is accused of having paid nearly 1.4 million euros to the company DASNIL95, between 2016 and 2018. A company that belongs to José María Enríquez Negreira, former referee and vice-president of the Committee technique of the referees at the time of the events. The Catalan club has confirmed that it has called on outside advice and could however have been the victim of a big game of blackmail. An investigation was then opened by the LFP.

It was in any case the version of the first outing of the president of La Liga, who was much more threatening towards Joan Laporta on Monday evening. “If he doesn’t explain well or more reasonably why he was paid, I do think he should resign. He made a superficial statement. In Barcelona’s note it says that all clubs were doing it. It’s one thing to have ex-referees hired, and quite another to have ex-referees on the Technical Committee of Referees.”he assured.

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La Liga clubs are mobilized

Earlier in the day, Sevilla FC issued a press release specifying “that it is absolutely necessary to shed full light on this affair, in order to clarify what happened and to clarify responsibilities. The seriousness of the facts leads us to publicly request to promote and participate in all the procedures that may arise from this case once the investigation is completed.” Espanyol Barcelona then specified that “the possible implications of what has been published are so serious that they require exceptional action to clarify what happened and specify responsibilities”.

Then came the turn of Miguel Ángel Gil Marín. The CEO of Atlético de Madrid assured: “Our position is very clear: this is a very serious matter and for the good of our football, it must be thoroughly investigated and clarified. We have to show that we are united”. Overall, all La Liga clubs therefore seem to be worried about the Negreira affair, which lurks around the Blaugrana club. If FC Barcelona should not be sportingly sanctioned in this case, the pressure is mounting especially around Joan Laporta.