The RFEF joins Real Madrid, LaLiga and the CSD to appear in the 'Negreira case'

Finally the Real Spanish Federation of Football (RFEF) has decided to pronounce on the official investigation that carries out the Fiscalía on the 'almost Negreira' and has done it announced that personará in the procedure, once that the Court of Instruction number 1 of Barcelona has admitted the complaint. All this reports by the payments made by the FC Barcelona, like legal person, to the exvicepresidente of the Technical Committee of Referees, José María Enríquez Negreira by concept of consultancys.

The RFEF, chaired by Luis Rubiales, has confirmed this Thursday by means of a communiqué that his big aim will be esclarecer the sucedido and facilitate to the maximum the investigation. "The RFEF is collaborating from the first moment with the competent authorities to facilitate to the maximum the work to the investigation on these facts that are previous to the current team of management. The UEFA also has been informed of the personación in the court by part of the Real Spanish Federation of Football", explains the maximum body of the Spanish football.

The organism equally reveals that they are carrying out an internal investigation. "It fits to reiterate the unquestionable commitment of the RFEF in this subject, initiating an internal investigation so prompt knew of the case. The Federation, had to collaborate at all times, wants that it arrive to the end and asks, to his time, the necessary and advisable serenity that contribute to recess the climate of crispación that has created to the referee's community", continues the official communiqué.

From his distinct digital platforms, the RFEF took advantage of to back to the referee's community and appreciates the form in which they are carrying all the controversy to his around. "The Federation wants to appreciate the union of the referee's community surroundings to the Technical Committee of Referees, that has agglutinated to all the referees that in the actuality develop his work in the professional football, but that to his time has received the massive support of illustrate legends of the Spanish arbitration that in the past contributed to the growth of our football. To all they", concludes the communiqué.

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With this posture, the RFEF joins to the Real Madrid, LaLiga and the Upper Council of Sport (CSD) like club and institutions that already have announced that personan in the case Negreira. On the complaint, the Fiscalía stands out that the payments to Negreira were motivated "in his quality of vice-president of the CTA, so that it made tending performances to favour to the Barça in the taking of decisions of the referees in the parties that contested the Club, and like this in the results of the competitions", something that to check could bring several consequences to the Barça.