Real Madrid launch brutal attack on Barcelona Negreira scandal as Florentino Pérez unleashes a ferocious Christmas tirade before the Spanish press, branding Spanish football’s governing bodies as complicit enablers who have abandoned integrity for institutional silence amid one of the sport’s darkest chapters.
The Real Madrid chief painted a picture of systemic betrayal, lambasting La Liga and RFEF for shirking their duty to probe payments exceeding €8 million over nearly two decades, insisting no referee chief or federation can demand amnesia when competitive equity hangs in the balance.
Florentino Pérez escalated by alleging broader fallout – clubs potentially relegated due to warped outcomes – while decrying coaches’ ignorance of the “technical reports” Barcelona allegedly funded, fueling calls for radical overhaul in a league scarred by judicial labels of “systemic corruption.”
That attack targeted Barcelona directly, with Florentino Pérez labelling the Negreira case – involving €7.3m+ disbursed to ex-referee vice-president José María Enríquez Negreira and kin from 2001-2018 – as “the most serious case in football today,” vowing Madrid’s unyielding prosecution despite Catalan denials of sporting advantage.
“How can we forget the biggest scandal in football history?” he thundered, mocking Barça’s “advantageous” payment rationale and highlighting that coaches never received the reports, per Diario AS.
Institutions’ “incomprehensible” inaction leaves Real Madrid isolated, Pérez charged, echoing prior Laporta retorts amid elongated probes now extended to September 2025.
He tied it to recent officiating gripes, like unpenalized fouls on Vinícius and Rodrygo versus Alavés, underscoring refereeing rot.
Pérez implored media vigilance, positioning Madrid as football’s conscience-bearer.
Barcelona maintains legality for advisory services; Madrid demands titles stripped if proven.
This feud poisons El Clásico horizons, with judicial reckoning looming.
Pérez’s unrelenting crusade ensures the Negreira firestorm rages on, with Real Madrid vowing no surrender until justice exposes Barcelona’s alleged corruption and restores Spanish football’s tainted honor.
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