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Four days after declaring that he would not act against Barcelona, La Liga president Javier Tabas said this evening (Monday) that Juan Laporte should resign if he is unable to explain the issue of payments that the club forwarded to the vice president of the referees union.
"There is a lot of concern regarding the Negira and Barca issue," Tabas said.
"This causes image damage to Spanish football and also to Barca, which is eventually investigated in the matter. We will not act as long as there is a police investigation, but we cannot ignore the complaints. We will investigate and Barca has also started an internal investigation. We are waiting for explanations and meanwhile Barcelona has not explained anything. We do not We understand why Negreira received money for so long. I don't like it. Laforte should resign if he is not able to clearly explain the payments."
When asked what is more disturbing, Juventus' financial offenses or the story of Barcelona's referees, Tabas replied: "Right now, I will say Juventus because they have already been punished, but in the future I think Barcelona's situation will be worse."
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Javier Tabas (Photo: GettyImages)
Last week it was reported that the Catalans paid 1.4 million euros to Jose Maria Enriques Negreira, during his tenure as vice president of the Union of Judges between 2016 and 2018.
The club claimed that it was a payment for "technical advice", but Spanish football was in an uproar and an investigation was opened, after the previous president Josep Maria Bartomeu made it clear that it was an inheritance from Laporte's previous term, which allegedly started payments back in 2013.
It was also reported this evening that Atlético Madrid asked all the league clubs to give a joint statement regarding the "Nagriera case", but Matteo Allemani representing Barcelona refused and so did Real Madrid.
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