On the field, they are rushing towards the title, off it towards lowly deeds. As they race towards their first Spanish league title after a four-year wait, Barcelona are facing serious allegations of referees related coruption. The “Negreira case” has spread so much that it is difficult to ignore it and new details emerge every day that testify to how the club from Catalonia was – and many believe still is – too close to the umpires.So far it is known that José María Enriquez Negreira received 7,300,000 euros from Barcelona in the name of “consulting services”, in order to allegedly explain to the players of the first team how to behave and ensure the club’s “neutrality”, but the bottom line is that this was done by a man who was formerly vice president of the Referee Commission of the Spanish Football Association. The mentioned money was used by Negreira to provide a comfortable life for the referees. A ‘classic’ conflict of interest, right?##NAJAVA_MECA_7120804##Everything becomes more interesting after the documentation of the respected daily outlet El Mundo, which in its Wednesday edition published documents on the basis of which it can be seen that during the 17 years that the cooperation between Negreira and Barcelona lasted, the former referee, through his company Dasnil, used that money and sent out luxury gifts to the name of those to whom he was superior.Apart from the 1,500 personalized yellow and red cards, the most interesting part starts with the invoices showing that 10,000 euros were spent on hams!? Followed by football match tickets, beach balls, umbrellas and refrigerators…Accounts seen by El Mundo show that huge sums of money were allocated to buy Primera referees corkscrews, toasters, blankets, trousers, even – sandwiches!🚨🚨 CASO NEGREIRA 🔥NEGREIRA had used the money he received from Barcelona for 17 years to provide referees with a lot of luxury gifts!!The information reveal that the major part of this operations were gifts to “first class” referees! 👀[EL MUNDO] pic.twitter.com/oSavNZZB6C— Sajjad Lattef (@ImSajjadLattef) March 22, 2023 Negreira allegedly invited referees to lunches at famous seafood restaurants in Madrid and Barcelona, paying for meals at a cost of 2,000 euros per meal. From the account of his company Dasnil, to which Barça previously transferred a large amount of money.There were sweets, wine, liqueurs, cheeses, even buying lottery tickets. Privileges also related to securing tickets for important matches, such as the Copa del Rey final.
