In Madrid, the Negreira case has again carried the argument beyond Spain’s domestic borders. Real Madrid’s submission to UEFA concerning Barcelona includes a request for the Catalan club to be stripped of the titles it won during the period covered by the investigation.
The position takes one of Spanish football’s most divisive legal and institutional disputes into the continental arena. Barcelona are at the centre of proceedings linked to payments made to companies associated with José María Enríquez Negreira, a former vice-president of Spain’s referees’ committee.
A dispute reaching UEFA
Real Madrid’s presentation asks UEFA to consider the possibility of removing championships secured by Barcelona in the years concerned. It is a demand with consequences extending well beyond a single season, touching the historical record of Spain’s most decorated clubs and the standing of their rivalry across Europe.
The material also refers to Verón in 2009 and Alario in 2015, placing those names alongside the wider timeline cited in the case.
