Uefa opens probe into Barca for payments to ex-refereeing official FMTNews FMTSports
LaLiga reported the matter to Uefa as the case had become time-barred under Spanish sports law.
Negreira was vice-president of the refereeing committee of the Spanish Football Association from 1993 to 2018 under then president Victoriano Sanchez Arminio.Uefa said in a statement today: “In accordance with Article 31 of the Uefa Disciplinary Regulations, Uefa Ethics and Disciplinary Inspectors have today been appointed to conduct an investigation regarding a potential violation of Uefa’s legal framework by FC Barcelona in connection with the so-called ‘Caso Negreira’.
In a statement last month the club denied any wrongdoing, saying it had paid an external consultant who supplied it with “technical reports related to professional refereeing”. It was a common practice among professional football clubs, it said.
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