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RFEF, CTA distance themselves from former LaLiga referee Negreira amid Barcelona allegations

SoccerNews in La Liga 15 Feb 2023

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The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) have distanced themselves from former LaLiga referee Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira in the wake of allegations involving Barcelona.

LaLiga giants Barca are alleged to have paid €1.4million to a company part-owned by Negreira between 2016 and 2018.

Negreira, who was the vice president of the CTA, held his role with the RFEF from 1994 to 2018. It is alleged Barca wanted to ensure “that there would be complete neutrality” in refereeing decisions affecting the club.

Barca responded with a statement on Wednesday saying they had hired the services of an external consultant that supplied the club’s technical secretaries with reports in video format of youth players from other clubs in Spain.

The Blaugrana added that “the relationship with that supplier extended to technical reports related to professional refereeing in order to complement the information requested by the first and second team coaching staff. This a common practice among professional football clubs.”

Barca revealed they would be taking legal action against “those who are trying to tarnish the club’s image with possible insinuations against its good reputation that could be caused by the release of such information.”

However, the RFEF issued a statement distancing itself and the CTA from any links with Negreira since he left his role five years ago, and vowed to support any investigation into the matter.

“The CTA wants to make it clear that Mr Enriquez Negreira is not part of any federative structure since the change of government carried out after the 2018 elections,” a statement issued on RFEF’s official website read.

“The CTA regrets the behaviours that may be likely to violate the ethics of the establishment. No active arbitrator or member of the CTA bodies may carry out any work that is likely to enter into a conflict of interest.

“The CTA makes itself available to offer its maximum collaboration in any type of information that this committee can provide.”

Barca president Joan Laporta said it was “no coincidence” that the allegations had come to light with the Blaugrana sitting 11 points clear at the top of LaLiga.

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