MOSCOW, Mar 18 Former Vice President of the Judges Technical Committee In the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Enriquez Negreira said that he only advised Barcelona on referee decisions.
Earlier it was reported in the media that between 2016 and 2018, Barcelona paid Negreira almost 1.4 million euros for referee reports. On Friday, Spanish prosecutors filed charges against Barcelona as a legal entity, and former Catalan club presidents Josep Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell will also be charged.
“Barcelona felt that the team was damaged and other teams were given preference. My duty was to speak my opinion about the matches from the point of view of the referees. The Barcelona technical board wanted to make sure that no decisions were made against the club, that everything was neutral,” Marca quoted him as saying.
Negreira denied that he paid the referees out of the money he received from Barcelona. for advice.