Although these two are only two clubs left to support the European Super League, both are founding members of the proposed tournament, and their relation have been a little on the bitter side of late.
Especially in the case of the Negreira controversy, there has been a public alteration between Barcelona and Real Madrid. The Negreira case is a scandal involving the Catalan club and former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Maria Enriquez Negreira. The scandal revolves around payments of €7.3 million made by Barcelona to Negreira from 2000 to 2018 during his tenure.
Of late Barcelona president Laporta spoke publicly against Real Madrid. In his latest interview , He once again makes a statement against the Madrid club. He labeled the activities of Madrid as SHAME. He said, “What Real Madrid TV is doing is a SHAME!”
“A club like Real Madrid cannot talk much, because for 70 years, everyone who was responsible for appointing referees were members or fans of Real Madrid,” he added, “I have always been against VAR. If a referee makes a mistake, imagine 6 of them together – Real Madrid has benefited.”
There were some controversial decisions in the latest La Liga games of Real Madrid, especially the home game against Mallorca which they won 3-2 eventually.
