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Since details of Barca’s payments emerged in February of that year, a Barcelona
court has been investigating what has become known as the Negreira case —
referring to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, the man whose company received that
money from the Catalan club.

In March 2023, Barca, ex-club officials and Negreira were indicted for “corruption”,
“breach of trust” and “false business records”. They all deny any wrongdoing.

Over a year and a half later, the case is still at the evidence-gathering stage.

What’s the latest? The Athletic explains.

Barcelona and the Negreira case: What’s

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It soon emerged that Barca had paid a total of €7.3million to Negreira’s companies
between 2001 and 2018, a period when he was vice president of the Spanish FA’s
technical committee of referees (CTA).

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