Negreira affair: Barça responds to Florentino Pérez’s accusations.

Already very aggressive toward the Spanish press during his recent remarks, Florentino Pérez has also revived the sensitive Negreira case, which continues to fuel tensions in Spanish football. The president of Real Madrid described this affair as an “unprecedented scandal” and hinted that the Madrid club would have been harmed in sporting terms over several seasons in La Liga. These particularly strong statements did not take long to provoke a reaction from FC Barcelona. In a statement published on its official site, the Blaugrana club announced that its legal department was currently analyzing the remarks made by the Madrid-based executive.

Barça said it was examining with care the accusations made by Florentino Pérez as well as any potential measures to take in the coming days. Without going into detail about the actions envisaged, the Catalan club assured that it would announce later the decisions reached after a full review of the file. This new clash comes in an already extremely tense context between the two giants of Spanish football. The Negreira affair, which concerns payments made to a former head of the Spanish refereeing body, continues to fuel debates and to rekindle the historic rivalry between Madrid and Barcelona.