BEFORE THE TAX AGENCY
The keys to Bartomeu's testimony on the 'Negreira Case'
Josep Maria Bartomeu has appeared before the Tax Agency and has made it clear what his relationship with Enríquez Negreira was like, describing as "absurd" the statements about payments to alter decisions
The scandal that surrounds to the FC Barcelona by the payments to the company of José María Enríquez Negreira, exvicepresidente of the Technical Committee of Referees, continues adding new episodes. In this opportunity, the appearance of the Barcelona ex-president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, in front of the Agency Tributaria has desvelado new details around the sucedido.
In his statements, collected by 'The Newspaper', have remained esclarecidos some points, on how was the relation with Enríquez Negreira, the reason of the payments, additional agreements, the role of the son of the otrora referee in the case, among others subjects. It costs to remember that Bartomeu is one of the involved in this case, to the equal that Sandro Rosell, the one who also was to title of the presidency of the Barça.
Contacts Bartomeu-Negreira
In accordance with the quoted half, the ancient jerarca of the Catalan entity ensured to know to Enríquez Negreira by his path like referee, in addition to the fact to having coincided with him in the Real Spanish Federation of Football. However, it sustained that this knowledge had to more to the information that obtained of him by means of the press.
Regarding the charge that this occupied in the CTA, Bartomeu indicated to know that it treated of an authority of the federative organ, although it denied to know specifically the place that had in the RFEF. Likewise, it required that when it had to personarse in the headquarters of the Federation did not have any type of contact with Enríquez Negreira.
The reason of the payments
But perhaps the 'crux' of the subject and what at present has to the Barça in the middle of a 'storm' of designations, indictments and controversial was the concept by which made the payments to name of the company of the otrora referee. Regarding this matter, Bartomeu denied to know that Enríquez Negreira was the headline of a signature that was benefiting by part of the club, although yes it said to know that this era of his son, Javier Enríquez. Also it considered like "absurd" the assertion that these payments had like end in decisions of the CTA.
