Overview
- Real Madrid confirmed Wednesday that it sent a dossier to UEFA’s disciplinary bodies and urged the immediate resumption of the inquiry into payments to José María Enríquez Negreira.
- The club says the filing contains new evidence and describes years of payments to Negreira as a structure of undue influence that threatens equality and impartiality in Spanish football.
- Reporting and club statements link roughly €7 million in payments to Negreira between 2001 and 2018, with Barcelona previously saying the sums paid were for consulting on referees.
- UEFA has said it will wait for definitive outcomes from Spanish judicial authorities before taking major action, and legal experts note stripping historic titles or imposing bans would be complex without court findings of altered results.
- Barcelona has not publicly answered the latest filing and is pursuing legal moves against Florentino Pérez, a dynamic that risks prolonging a multi‑front dispute that could further damage club reputations and fan trust.