The Negreira case (Spanish: Caso Negreira) is a sports scandal involving Spanish football club FC Barcelona and José María Enríquez Negreira, a former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). It revolves around payments of €7.3 million made by Barcelona to Negreira owned-companies from 2000 to 2018 during his tenure with CTA.[1] Barcelona claim they hired Negreira as an "external consultant" who provided the club reports "related to professional refereeing". Negreira denies having been bribed to favour Barcelona in terms of refereeing decisions.[2]
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- ^ Herrero, Pol Ballús and Laia Cervelló. "Barcelona charged with corruption over payments to former referees chief". The Athletic. Retrieved 2023-10-04.