Laporta announces Barcelona’s innocence in the “Negreira” case

The Negrera case still casts a shadow over Barcelona. After the statement of the Real Madrid board of directors this Sunday, in which it was decided to enter the white club with legal procedures before the court, the president of FC Barcelona, ​​Joan Laporta, published a message on social networks to reassure his fans of all speculation about the possible consequences of the case.

Real Madrid statement:

• The Board of Directors of Real Madrid C.F., in its meeting held today, learned of the serious accusations brought by the Public Prosecutor’s Office against FC Barcelona, ​​two of its presidents, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, and former managers Albert Soler and Oscar Grau, based on possible crimes, among others, For corruption in the sports field, within the framework of the relations established by the aforementioned club with the Vice-President of the Referees Technical Committee, José María Enriquez Negrera.
• Real Madrid expresses its deep concern about the seriousness of the facts and reiterates its full confidence in the action of justice and has agreed that, in defense of its legitimate interests, it will appear in the procedure as soon as the judge opens the case to the parties who have been injured.

Culers, estigueu tranquils. El Barça és innocent del que se l’acusa i víctima d’una campanya contra la seva honorabilitat en la que ara ja hi són tots. Cap sorpresa, defensarem el Barça i demostrarem la innocència del Club. Molts hauran de rectificar. #totsUnitsFemForça

— Joan Laporta Estruch🎗 (@JoanLaportaFCB) March 12, 2023

Laporta said in a tweet on his Twitter account: “Coles, calm down. Barcelona is innocent of what they accused him of and is the victim of an abusive campaign in which everyone is now participating. But no wonder, we will defend Barcelona and prove the club’s innocence. Many will have to make it right.”

Thus, Laporta confirms that the club is innocent of the accusations and is convinced that they can be proven.

As for Real Madrid, after announcing that “it will appear in the proceedings as soon as the judge opens them to the aggrieved parties,” he must wait for the judge to accept the prosecution’s complaint, which has not yet been done. After that, the same judge will have to approve the appearance of Real Madrid, after examining whether the white club can be considered an injured party in the case or not.

In the event that the judge grants them entry as a party, Real Madrid will have access to the entire summary and may request penalties and damages, if it deems it appropriate; In the same way, he will also be empowered to question the accused at the hearing and to ask for measures to be taken to clarify the facts.

Source: Sport