Barcelona Analyzes Florentino Pérez's Accusations, Vows Action

Barcelona will not ignore the recent accusations from Florentino Pérez, who, this Tuesday, in reference to the "Negreira case," claimed that the Catalan club "paid the head of referees for 20 years." The blaugrana's legal department is already analyzing the Real Madrid president's statements to decide on the next steps.

In a statement, the Spanish champions confirmed that a detailed analysis of the Madrid leader's words is underway, after which they will make their final position and adopted measures public. It's worth noting that institutional relations between the two clubs have been severed since the merengues joined the "Negreira case" proceedings as an assistant party.

During a lengthy press conference, the Real Madrid president complained about feeling disadvantaged by refereeing decisions. "I've won seven Champions Leagues and seven Leagues out of 14, but I could have won all 14 Leagues, because the others were stolen from me, and I cannot stay silent. I gain nothing from this, but I want to defend the Real Madrid members," he stated.

Florentino Pérez labeled the "Negreira case" as "the biggest scandal in history," adding that Real Madrid would present "a significant dossier to UEFA so they can resolve the case at its root, for the good of world football."

The merengues' leader was forceful in his criticism: "The corruption in the Negreira case is systemic. [...] We are preparing a 500-page dossier that we will send to UEFA, with whom I have already spoken. There is no precedent in the history of world football. How can we forget the biggest corruption case that has ever existed? It's incomprehensible that we continue to see referees from that era in a competition like the League."

In closing, Florentino Pérez expressed his hope that UEFA would sanction Barcelona. "We will see this through to the end. Because it is the most serious corruption case in the history of football. This is for the good of football, not to target Barcelona," he concluded.