La Liga president Javier Tebas has hit again at Catalonia-based newspaper La Vanguardia following its report accusing him and the league of presenting false proof towards Barcelona as a part of the continuing Negreira case.
Barcelona had been hit with corruption fees over funds made between 2001 and 2018 to an organization owned by Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, former vice-president of Spanish soccer’s refereeing committee, allegedly in trade for studies on how you can behave in entrance of sure referees.
La Vanguardia reported that Tebas submitted false proof through the investigation regarding an incriminating doc. Barcelona then responded to the publication’s report by calling on the president of the league to resign in a prolonged assertion on Monday.
The membership went on to recommend it has been the sufferer of a ‘media marketing campaign for occasions that by no means came about’, insisting they’ve by no means paid referees and labelling it ‘harassment’.
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Tebas’ response to La Vanguardia is a requirement for a visual ‘rectification’ to their story inside a matter of days, denying the claims of the unique article concerning the submission of proof.
“Earlier than presenting the letter to the Prosecutor’s Workplace, La Liga’s authorized counsel knowledgeable the Delegate Fee on February 21 of the content material of the letter and its paperwork,” Tebas revealed. “Proper of rectification requested from La Vanguardia.”
In response to Barcelona, Tebas added: “Clarified, and what about you?”.
Tebas has threatened authorized motion towards the publication ought to it fail to conform.
