"On Friday the 24th, the UEFA Integrity department sent us a letter requesting complete information on this matter. On Monday, we sent him a letter explaining everything and offering information. And putting ourselves at his disposal. We will continue to collaborate."

The words of

Andreu Camps

, Secretary General of the Spanish Federation this Thursday, during the massive appearance with

Luis Medina Cantalejo

, president of the Technical Committee of Referees, and more than 200 members in the Luis Aragonés auditorium of the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas, revealed a new and dangerous scenario for Barcelona in the Negreira Case.

Because, beyond the progress of the judicialization, the entry of the continental body in the investigation can lead, now, a sports sanction for the Catalan club.

Because what Camps did not specify is that this interest of UEFA could mean an open door to sporting punishment, since the recently approved Spanish Sports Law does not prevail in UEFA jurisdiction, which considers everything that has happened to be prescribed: very serious infractions They expire after three years and Barça terminated the contract with

Enríquez Negreira

five years ago.

The general secretary of the RFEF did not want to go into details about the information provided and the deadlines that the European organization will handle from now on.

"It is reserved information and first we will inform the judicial, governmental and sports bodies. Now it cannot be made public," he replied.

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The staging of the arbitrators and the Federation against the Negreira case: "A person did not report the facts when he had government responsibilities"

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The staging of the arbitrators and the Federation against the Negreira case: "A person did not report the facts when he had government responsibilities"

Like FIFA, UEFA, which tightened its regulations in 2007 to apply a zero-tolerance policy for match-fixing or competitions, has specific articles, such as 12, that directly refer to the admission of teams to their competitions. if one of them "violates, by any person who acts in a way that is likely to exert an illegal or undue influence on the course and/or result of a match or competition, with a view to obtaining an advantage for himself or for a third party ".

"If, based on all the circumstances and information available, UEFA concludes to its satisfaction that a club has been directly and/or indirectly involved in any activity aimed at arranging or influencing the outcome of a match at national or international, will declare that said club will not be able to participate in the competition", specifies the European body in its statutes, which speaks of "ineligibility" for one season.

The Federation, through Camps, strove to show the details of the internal investigation that was launched the day after the facts of the Negreira case were known.

The Secretary General has revealed that the conclusions of this investigation, now in the hands (once all the data has been collected) of his Integrity department, will be made available to all the institutions that request them, and he has cited, in addition to UEFA, directly to the Tax Agency (organization that originated everything with its investigation of Negreira's companies) and the Prosecutor's Office.

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