The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) have distanced themselves from former LaLiga referee Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira in the wake of allegations involving Barcelona.
LaLiga giants Barca are alleged to have paid €1.4million to a company part-owned by Negreira between 2016 and 2018.
Negreira, who was the vice president of the CTA, held his role with the RFEF from 1994 to 2018. It is alleged Barca wanted to ensure that there would be complete neutrality in refereeing decisions affecting the club.
Barca responded with a statement on Wednesday saying they had hired the services of an external consultant that supplied the club s technical secretaries with reports in video format of youth players from other clubs …