LaLiga president Javier Tebas said he does not believe Real Madrid are responsible for the damaging case involving Barcelona and ex-Spanish refereeing committee (CTA) vice president Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira.
Enriquez Negreira is being investigated by the Spanish prosecutor’s office for receiving payments from Barcelona between 2016 and 2018 for consultancy work, which included refereeing reports, while he was still vice-president of the CTA.
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Barca president Joan Laporta hinted the story may have been leaked to damage Barca, with the club eight points clear at the top of LaLiga.
However, speaking on the incident, Tebas said he wants a full investigation and denies any conspiracy theories involving Barca’s Clasico rivals.
“There are a series of payments, for amounts that are not clear,” Tebas said. “I don’t know if it has affected the results of the matches or not, but as president of LaLiga, I don’t like it.
“This is very surprising but very serious. It is doing a lot of damage to Spanish football. It is not by chance that information of this type comes out when Barcelona is doing well, it is not by chance.
