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We wont try. We bought Roque already.

https://www.elmundo.es/deportes/2023/09/28/6515a9a021efa016068b4599.html New article. In summary, the RFEF offices are being searched today to determine exactly the extent of Negreira's role and what decisions he did or didn't take. The judge and the police think he had important influence and...

That would make more sense. The money laundering angle seems illogical. The trial will explain his role in a lot more detail with the investigatory powers I imagine. Could be years from now though.

The Tax Agency said that its likely a lot of the money ended up elsewhere because Negreira's assets didn't increase proportionally with all the money. They investigated whether it could have gone to referees but that didn't bring up any evidence so they discarded that possibility. So then they...

What's your opinion on why the money was paid? Whatever the hypothesis, it seems clear 8 million wasn't paid for only basic refereeing reports, that's a service that is a lot cheaper than that.

The court formally requested Barca provide the documents as part of the investigation and that if they didn't the court would order a search of the Barcelona offices to get them by force. Barca still have not provided the documents despite being asked to do so by a court. It is likely that the...

https://archive.ph/IUUa9 "Their services are not supported by documented evidence beyond the invoices". "Barca have not provided any copies of the alleged reports or CDs to us that Negreira's company would have provided". "Barca have not provided the identity of the professionals or of the...

I am saying that. I refer you to this : So the premise established for the invoices, which is the reports, would appear to be false. As such they don't correspond to any real economic services rendered. Negreira for his part claims the payments were to influence refereeing decisions.

Yes they are, its not a claim, its just a fact. I pasted the information above. The police said that when asked Barca couldnt provide these reports or CDs they claimed Negreira provided and couldnt provide names of people who might have assisted with the creation of the reports or made these...

It actually isn't that easy to take money out of a club like Barcelona because it has to be budgeted to something for them to remove it from the accounts. The money has to initially leave the club somehow because its coming from the clubs coffers. You can hardly withdraw 100 or 200k a year...

https://okdiario.com/deportes/juez-concluye-que-barcelona-consiguio-efectos-arbitrales-deseados-sus-pagos-negreira-11638408 More detail about that. Judge is strongly stating that he believes acts were carried out to favour Barcelona, so at least the argument is going down that route to an...

I don't think refereeing is corrupted to Madrid or Barca. There used to be corruption in La Liga a long time ago as you mention but we're in the modern day, that kind of stuff doesn't happen any more, there has been no evidence to suggest adulteration of games since the 2000s.

He has 3 goals in 250 LaLiga minutes. I think there is a bit of an overreaction here. His average is very good. Including two important goals against Cadiz and Villarreal. Has some problems with finishing but he's very smart and is athletically strong so will always find goals.

Why would the club conspire with him to hide a lawful payment (agreeing to pay through shell companies so he can dodge taxes). That makes no sense. The club wouldn't participate in that if the payment was lawful, because they gain nothing from being implicated in his tax dodging/money laundering...

Like I said you're right there was invoices. I wasn't correct to state there are none there. But when they're not backed up by any documentation and the club have essentially given a false explanation as to what they were for, they arent complete, invoices are made for services rendered. Its...

The invoices arent supported by any evidence of services rendered, which would be there if the invoices corresponded to an actual service and weren't attempts of cheating. This is what the Guardia Civil say : "Their services are not supported by documented evidence beyond the invoices". "Barca...

Was the audit carried out retrospectively/after club stopped paying Negreira? The question would be if audits are regularly carried out by the club why this payment was continually approved from club's accounts over 2 decades, despite there apparently being no record of services rendered.

They paid him through Contreras's shell company. This was Barca's written response to the Tax Agency when asked about why the money was paid : “No contract was formalised in writing with said company [Dasnil]. The club does not know the details of the formalisation of the verbal contract as...

This would be the relevant bit of the law corresponding to your argument : Payments made to public officials with a view to obtaining a licit benefit (also known as 'facilitating payments') are illegal in Spain. However, there are no quantitative or qualitative restrictions on gifts, travel...

Yes. A difficult charge to fight. However, I can only blame the club for this one, they walked themselves into that paying 8 million to a referee official with no invoices or record of services rendered. It naturally follows that in the absence of Barca being able to prove he was paid 8...