Former National Police Commissioner Jose Manuel Villarejo on Tuesday accused Real Madrid of having bought referees even before Barcelona began its relationship in 2001 with Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees.
"Somehow, Real Madrid before that had already detected the same thing," Villarejo said in a conversation with 'El món a Rac 1'. "It is impossible to prosecute anything in this country that affects Don Florentino. It would be suicidal if he dared to do so. The ill-fated Rubalcaba, who was a fan and follower of Rea Madrid, once told me: 'Don't think about going to the stage that this is a television studio'. He's untouchable," he continued.
In response, Real Madrid issued a statement announcing that it will take the former commissioner to court. "The president of Real Madrid C. F., Florentino Pérez, has ordered the immediate presentation of the corresponding legal action against former commissioner Villarejo for the false accusations made in the Catalan radio station RAC1," the club said.
Thebes: "He is untouchable, he is vox populi"
Later, after Villarejo's statements, the president of the League, Javier Tebas, reviewed the issue during the act 'Meet LaLiga': "Villarejo has said two things, that Florentino had bribed referees and says he is untouchable too. Of the first, if you have something, prove it. Villarejo talks a lot, he has a peak and Villarejo's tactics that we have known to denounce things are incredible, very condemnable. That's why I often talk about 'Villarejo-style journalists', you invent a piece of news, you publish it and then you take it to a court to try to see what... He will have to get more," the leader analyzed.
"But the second part, which says that Florentino is untouchable, that Rubalcaba had told him, I believe that. It's a vox populi thing in this country. Everyone knows it, it is an objective fact. Rubalcaba was a good friend of Florentino and I fit everything, "Tebas concluded about the controversy.