Barça could be "victim of a scammer" in the 'Negreira case'

The 'case Negreira', on the payment of more than 1,4 million euros of the FC Barcelona to the ex vice-president of the Technical Committee of Referees between 2016 and 2018, has revolutionised to the Spanish football and is in full investigation by part of the Fiscalía. In the meantime, from LaLiga keep that they do not have capacity to take part, but that to confirm something important, could be a wrap historical for the culés to sportive level.

Javier Thebes, maximum mandator of the competition, has spoken in press conference from the presentation of LaLiga Genuine Santander, that will contest this weekend. The costarricense has taken advantage of to put all the letters on the table and desgranar the case that keeps alert to all the Spanish football. It has ensured, between other things that the Barça could be victim of a con man, but that in case to confirm the worst 'presagios', can fall them a historical sanction in the competition.

"I want to clear it very everything. I say that in the sportive discipline, in relation to the case Negreira, are facts prescribed. Any sportive entity can look for a sanction, because it is prescribed. Even it could not open an investigation", has commented Thebes, ensuring that in LaLiga, after evaluating the case, understand that put a new complaint would be entorpeciendo the investigation, reason by which keep to the margin.

"There are indications. They are odd facts and no usual. The amount, the concepts..."

"We do not want to entorpecer the investigation, that will finish in some months. LaLiga Can not be passive in front of the facts that are happening. There are indications. They are odd facts and no usual. The amount, the concepts... This has to clear ", ensured the maximum mandator of the patronal, the one who also aimed that up to now it has not spoken with any recent president of the Barça.

Victims of a swindle?

Any stage is open, in full investigation, and no descartan that it could treat of a swindle for the culés in these years: "The Barça could be victim of a con man. I have seen of everything. I have seen amaños, attempts of amaños, people that earned of two clubs... All are mayorcitos. So many years... It would be surprising. In the penal field, has to clear. And if it arrives to the Justice, there will be. If the Barcelona has been involved, that pay the consequences. Also the legal persons. Negreira by con man, or both. No me extrañaría neither, as I see it".

Besides, it has done reference on the designation of referees and the influence that could or have not had Negreira: "The referees designates them a Committee, no the CTA. The referees never had pressure, as they have said me. I have spoken with which were in this momento.yo create to the referees, if they say that it did not take part. The naïve of the directive of the Barça fell in the cheat. This is doing a lot of damage to the football".

"It is not a conspiracy of the Madrid"

The president also has spoken on the background of the investigation of the Fiscalía, that began does some months: "The Fiscalía does not investigate by an apple launched, is the Agency Tributaria the one who communicates some facts. It is not a subject of conspiracy. Another thing is the noise mediático and that ones put them more emphasis. We are greater to know who are more objective. There is not a conspiracy of Madrid, are objective facts that investigates the Fiscalía. We do not have mania to the Barcelona, neither much less".

It has deepened in that "I think that the Fiscalía carries six months investigating, with a lot of discretion. And the Agency Tributaria also keeps a secret the inspections. Bartomeu, Soler and Grau have gone to declare recently, does not do years. If this pose it to me in the 2019 we open a disciplinary file. But we do not do it because it is prescribed".

Possible sanctions for the Barça

In the case that finally the Barça went out 'dotted', Javier Thebes has underlined in that yes they could have sportive sanctions: "In the penal field, can have sportive consequences. But it is a very opened subject in the penal code. Our road can not continue, because it is prescribed, but the investigation is still in the penal. And it is necessary to see what considers still the Fiscalía. If they see crime, will put complaint and if no, as no. We go to expect. No especulemos. We do not believe uncertainty".