Real Madrid Announces UEFA Monitoring Its Complaint Regarding Barcelona's Payments in 'Negrera Case'
Real Madrid confirms UEFA is monitoring its complaint regarding Barcelona's past payments and requests an expedited investigation.
Translated by Qiyas from الجريدة — Original source
In response to the statement issued today by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) regarding what is known as the “Nigera case,” Real Madrid Club de Fútbol announces the following:
UEFA has confirmed receipt of the complaint filed by Real Madrid and the continuation of the investigation into payments made by FC Barcelona over the past two decades to the former vice president of the Technical Refereeing Committee.
The complaint submitted by our club includes abundant documents and evidence concerning facts of exceptional severity, which directly impact the integrity of competition and trust in the refereeing system.
Real Madrid considers it essential that, now that these documents are in UEFA’s possession, the investigation proceed at the utmost speed to ensure its full completion, and that the relevant authorities take appropriate decisions in line with the gravity of the established facts.
Our club will continue to actively cooperate with UEFA and take all available measures to clarify facts that it deems incompatible with the principles of integrity, transparency, and fair play that must prevail in European football.
