Announces an externalized investigation to clarify and explain the facts of the ‘Negreira case’
BARCELONA, 21 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of FC Barcelona, ??Joan Laporta, assured that he will not give the president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, the pleasure of leaving the blaugrana presidency and accused the league leader of starting a new chapter in his campaign to smear the blaugrana club, and He recriminated his “phobia” of the Catalan entity after Tebas commented, this Monday, that Laporta should resign after the ‘Negreira case’.
“It is no coincidence, we are getting better and better and Mr. Tebas appears on a recurring basis to destabilize us. I will not give Tebas the pleasure of ceasing to be president, because Barça is one of his partners,” Laporta said in an institutional statement. , no questions asked, after an act together with the Ministry of the Interior and the Mossos d’Esquadra, at the Spotify Camp Nou.
A response to the recent words of Javier Tebas, who assured that if Laporta did not explain what happened well, “he should resign.” “It is one thing to work with ex-referees, and another with the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA). They will have to see why he did that. There are many seasons, with different directives, which theoretically did not speak, I don’t know, I don’t like it at all” Thebes confessed in an appearance before the media.
For Laporta, Tebas continues his career “with this phobia that he has for Barça.” “Now he does not forgive or support that the club does not sign the agreement with CVC and that we defend positions to make a Super League. Mr. Tebas, said publicly, has expressed his desire that he stop being president of FC Barcelona, ??because with me as president he does not Barça can handle it from a distance”, charged against Tebas.
In addition, he regretted that he “appears in the arena once again.” “Some of you already warned that Mr. Tebas seemed to be promoting a reputational campaign against Barça and myself. We asked him and he exclaimed, he said that nothing to do with it, but now he has taken off his mask again. In his career He has shown his anti-Barcelonism, his phobia and fear of Barça. In 2005 he no longer wanted Messi to play with Barça and he made a complaint as president of Alavés”, recalled the Blaugrana president, visibly upset with the president of LaLiga.
All this is the result of the ‘Negreira case’, known through various journalistic reports that ensure that the Blaugrana club paid the then vice president of the Arbitration Technical Committee Enríquez Negreira to have arbitration reports, from before the first presidency of Joan Laporta and until 2018.
In this sense, he announced an investigation of the club to find out and explain the facts. “From FC Barcelona, ??through the ‘Compliance’ area, the decision has been made to outsource the investigation of the facts. Some actions are being carried out by a lawyer external to the club who with his team, and always in coordination with FC Barcelona’s ‘Compliance’, they are carrying out an analysis so that the investigation is independent, rigorous and excellent”, he assured.
“I also wanted to state that we firmly believe that for a democratic society to exist, there must be free and independent journalism. We must combine this verification with the fact that we deeply regret the continuous leaks of information, data and documents that are taking place for a cause that is in the investigation phase at the Prosecutor’s Office and that it should have maximum custody. And even more so when in no case have the Prosecutor’s Office or police forces informed the club that it is part of any investigation”, he lamented, regarding the publication of the case daily in the media.
And, as for his first term, affected by this case -not so the current one-, he assured that said arbitration technical services were made with the corresponding invoice and the documentary and video support “that corresponded”. “What has been done later is under investigation and when we have more information, we will communicate it. Shortly, in the shortest possible time, we will hold a press conference to explain the information we have about these years,” he announced, pointing to the Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu presidencies.
“We want to give all the explanations, it will not be too late. But in my first term as president, these invoices were paid based on a documentary factor and videos that showed that these services were carried out,” he added in this regard.
Finally, he sent a serious warning to those who dedicate themselves to “dirty or try to dirty the history of FC Barcelona”. “The history of Barça has been forged with a lot of work, knowledge, and practicing spectacular football that have led to sporting success. We will not allow the attempts of some to dirty our history. They will receive a forceful response, as much as it takes”, he sentenced .
