Following the approval of its Delegates Commission meeting Tuesday, LaLiga issued a statement expressing its denial of the facts in the Negreira case. “LaLiga and its Delegates Commission reject the facts and are deeply concerned and are actively working to resolve any irregularities that may have arisen in relation to the Negreira case, be it sporting or otherwise,” the patronage note said. This is the first joint statement from the professional clubs, although it doesn’t have the approval of either Barcelona or Real Madrid, who aren’t part of the aforementioned commission. As early as Monday afternoon, during the divisional board, both clubs spoke out against a joint condemnation of the events.
“Madrid wanted to agree on the statement, which is almost impossible with 42 clubs. Javier Tebas offered that Madrid would write it down and the clubs would validate it as it’s obvious we all reject what Barça has done, but after consulting the Madrid representative with his superiors he said they couldn’t do it says the president of a club who is present at the meeting. Barcelona, for their part, were involved in the affair and denied it through their general manager Mateu Alemany. LaLiga’s own statement confirms the cancellation of both clubs, but does not name them. “Yesterday, during the Division Meeting, the majority of LaLiga clubs expressed their deep concern about this case, which they consider extremely serious, which is why the joint communication proposal received the unanimous support of all LaLiga SmartBank clubs and all LaLiga Santander clubs except for two that disagreed with this joint statement for different reasons.
Clubs look to Real Madrid’s position to condemn the alliance that its president, Florentino Pérez, has with Barcelona and with Joan Laporta in the Super League battle. “They were offered to write them, but if you don’t want to do something, you don’t do it, period,” says an employee at the employer. In the morning, before the divisional meeting, Espanyol and Sevilla issued individual statements calling for a full investigation and the lifting of responsibilities, sensing that the Concha Espina entity would not be in favor of a judgment shared by all professional clubs.
This is what the employer says:
“The LaLiga Delegated Commission met today (consisting of Atlético de Madrid, Levante UD, Sevilla FC, Real Betis, Real Sociedad, Cádiz CF, Getafe CF, Villarreal CF, CD Tenerife, Deportivo Alavés, SD Eibar, UD Las Palmas , CD Lugo and SD Huesca) and after taking stock of all the events in the division boards and the information published in the media, this Commission of Delegates would like to state:
– LaLiga has communicated to all members of the Delegates’ Commission the various measures it has taken and is taking, including: a letter to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, as announced by the President yesterday; Communication with the data and information that LaLiga deems relevant to various organizations, Spanish and European; and other actions that LaLiga should not make public at this time so as not to prejudice the investigation.
– Yesterday, during the divisional meeting, most of the LaLiga clubs expressed their deep concern about this case, which they consider extremely serious, for which the proposal for joint communication received the unanimous support of all LaLiga SmartBank clubs and all LaLiga Santander clubs except for two who disagreed with this joint statement for different reasons.
– LaLiga and its Delegates Commission reject the facts and are deeply concerned and actively working to resolve any irregularities that may have arisen in relation to the Negreira case, whether sporting or otherwise.
– LaLiga is following this matter very closely and will act strictly within the powers and limits permitted by law.
– The Delegates Commission strongly supports the actions of LaLiga in view of the work shown and done over these years to safeguard the integrity of the competition.
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