UEFA could exclude Barça from the next Champions League

The Negreira affair could cost Barça dearly on the continental scene. While the case – which suspects Barça of referee bribery due to secret payments to Enriquez Negreira, a former member of the Spanish referees committee – is now entrusted to an investigating judge, UEFA are also reportedly following up very closely. near the folder.

This Thursday, El Confidential indicates that the body of European football could take measures, if the facts denounced by the Spanish justice were prescribed in the Spanish sports law. Like the Spanish federation and Real Madrid recently, it would consider interfering in the file. “Admission to a UEFA competition for member associations or clubs involved directly or indirectly in any activity aimed at organizing or influencing the outcome of a match at national or international level may be refused with immediate effect, without prejudice to possible disciplinary measures”, indicates the UEFA regulations on the admission of clubs to European competitions. The Spanish newspaper El Confidential indicates that Barça’s involvement in the Negreira case could fall within this framework, and that the Blaugrana club could thus be deemed ineligible to participate in European competitions.

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