Overview
- Real Madrid filed a formal petition with UEFA on July 14, 2026 asking that Barcelona be stripped of titles won between 2016 and 2018 and that UEFA reassess competition results from the period.
- The club has also asked the judge in the Negreira case to order Barcelona to produce its compliance records from 2010 to 2018 and has requested Civil Guard invoices and audit files tied to Tresep, Radamanto and Best Norton.
- Reporting and court materials allege Barcelona paid roughly €7.3 million to companies linked to José María Enríquez Negreira between 2001 and 2018, a span that raises questions about potential conflicts with his role in Spain’s refereeing apparatus.
- Barcelona maintains the payments were for legitimate consulting services and the Spanish judiciary, the RFEF and La Liga continue separate reviews while UEFA has not yet taken disciplinary action.
- If UEFA acted to strip titles it would set a major governance precedent that could affect how off‑field misconduct is treated in European football and deepen the rift between Spain’s biggest clubs.