“Real Madrid expresses its deep concern about the seriousness of the facts (…) and has agreed that, in defense of its legitimate interests, it will appear in the procedure as soon as the judge opens it to the injured parties,” he declared in a statement from the team after a board meeting.
According to the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office, which filed a complaint against the team on Friday, March 10, the company Dasnil 95 (which contains the sports club) registered tax irregularities for payments for arbitration reports. At the same time, José María Enriquez Negreira, former vice president of the CTA, received between 2001 and 2018 more than 7.7 million dollars (142 million pesos) through his different companies.
The authorities also indicated that Sandro Rosell and Josep Bartomeu, former presidents of Barcelona, maintained a verbal and strictly confidential agreement with Negreira so that he “carry out actions tending to favor the FCB in the decision-making of the referees in the matches played by the club.” ”.