Barcelona threatens to exit Champions League over Negreira case

Barcelona could stay out of the Champions League next season, SAccording to ‘El Confidencial’, UEFA is considering not allowing them Participation in the European competitions due to the “Negreira case”.

Recently the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office formal charges brought against the Catalan club and against, among others, its former president, Giuseppe Maria Bartomeu, for this particular case.

Uefa For her part, she asked the Spanish Football Federation for more information on the case, with RFEF chaired by Luis Rubiales to submit a detailed report.

The highest body in European football stipulates in Article 12 that “all persons subject to the UEFA rules must refrain from any behavior that affects or could affect the integrity of matches and competitions”. Essentially, it is about “illegal or unfair influence” on the course of a game or an event.

In this case, Barcelona turned out to be involved “Any activity aimed at determining or influencing the outcome at the national or international level”UEFA will ban it from European competitions.

We recall that the former Spanish arbitrator and member of the Spanish Arbitration Commission, Negreira, he was reportedly paid nearly €7,000,000 from 2001 to July 2018 to take on an advisory role at Barcelona in arbitration, the club and the referee’s claim.