Florentino urges UEFA to strip Barcelona of titles over the Negreira case
Real Madrid has asked UEFA to strip FC Barcelona of the titles won during the Negreira case. Florentino Pérez sent a dossier after his re-election.
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Florentino Pérez asks UEFA to annul Barcelona's titles over the zaineira case
Real Madrid has formally requested that UEFA, through a dossier months in the making, eliminate the titles won by FC Barcelona during the period of the zaineira case. The request comes right after Florentino Pérez's re-election for a sixth consecutive term at the helm of the club.
The dossier against Barça: what is Real Madrid asking for?
According to press sources cited in the debate, the Madrid club has sent UEFA an extensive report detailing alleged refereeing irregularities committed by Barcelona during the years in which it paid José María Enríquez zaineira, former vice-president of the Referees' Technical Committee (the body overseeing Spanish match officials). The specific request is that all of Barça's titles from that period be annulled, including several La Liga titles, Copa del Rey trophies and one Champions League. The debate recalls that Florentino himself once declared that "a strong Barcelona suits us", a stance that now appears to have changed.
What about other clubs? Similar hiring arrangements emerge
The controversy has also pointed to contracts with active referees' companies by other clubs such as Atlético de Madrid or Real Sociedad, which some interpret as an attempt to downplay the zaineira case. However, the difference, according to the strongest arguments, is that in Barça's case the payments went directly to the refereeing vice-president, not to intermediary companies. It was Spain's tax authority inspection that uncovered the scandal, not an in-depth investigation by Spanish football itself.
The debate over the severity of the case
While some argue that Barcelona should be relegated and stripped of its titles, others point out that the case still has no final verdict and that UEFA should wait for the ordinary courts. The most widespread view in the analysis is that the punishment should be exemplary, but that the policy of silence and the antiestéticar of damaging Spanish football are delaying any decision. The question that remains: will UEFA act with the same firmness as in other European scandals, such as Italy's Calciopoli?
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Real Madrid has formally requested that UEFA, through a dossier months in the making, eliminate the titles won by FC Barcelona during the period of the zaineira case. The request comes right after Florentino Pérez's re-election for a sixth consecutive term at the helm of the club.
The dossier against Barça: what is Real Madrid asking for?
According to press sources cited in the debate, the Madrid club has sent UEFA an extensive report detailing alleged refereeing irregularities committed by Barcelona during the years in which it paid José María Enríquez zaineira, former vice-president of the Referees' Technical Committee (the body overseeing Spanish match officials). The specific request is that all of Barça's titles from that period be annulled, including several La Liga titles, Copa del Rey trophies and one Champions League. The debate recalls that Florentino himself once declared that "a strong Barcelona suits us", a stance that now appears to have changed.
What about other clubs? Similar hiring arrangements emerge
The controversy has also pointed to contracts with active referees' companies by other clubs such as Atlético de Madrid or Real Sociedad, which some interpret as an attempt to downplay the zaineira case. However, the difference, according to the strongest arguments, is that in Barça's case the payments went directly to the refereeing vice-president, not to intermediary companies. It was Spain's tax authority inspection that uncovered the scandal, not an in-depth investigation by Spanish football itself.
The debate over the severity of the case
While some argue that Barcelona should be relegated and stripped of its titles, others point out that the case still has no final verdict and that UEFA should wait for the ordinary courts. The most widespread view in the analysis is that the punishment should be exemplary, but that the policy of silence and the antiestéticar of damaging Spanish football are delaying any decision. The question that remains: will UEFA act with the same firmness as in other European scandals, such as Italy's Calciopoli?
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