Florentino Perez CANCELS customary evening meal with Barcelona main Joan Laporta forward of El Clasico, amid rising tensions among the clubs immediately after Authentic Madrid announced they would be part of prosecutors in pursuing the Catalan giants in excess of corruption scandal
Barcelona were charged with corruption around payments to an ex-referee chiefReal Madrid introduced they would be part of the grievance submitted by prosecutorsFlorentino Perez will now not attend Sunday’s El Classico, amid climbing tensions
Authentic Madrid president Florentino Perez will not attend Sunday’s El Classico from Barcelona, amid increasing tensions in between the golf equipment around the Casa Negreira scandal.
The Catalan giants ended up final 7 days charged with corruption over historic payments designed by the club to the then vice-president of the Spanish referees’ committee.
Spain’s public prosecutor has accused the club of retaining a marriage with Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira in which ‘in exchange for money’ he carried out steps that would ‘lead to Barcelona getting favoured in the final decision generating of the referees’.
The prosecution suggests Barcelona are accused of paying out Negreira €7.3million (£6.46m) by means of two businesses he owned – DASNIL and NILSAT. The connection started off in 2001 and finished in 2018 when ties had been cut with the by then ex-vice president of the Referees Committee.
The club could facial area huge economical penalties if uncovered guilty, and Negreira, former Barcelona presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Bartomeu, and previous administrators Oscar Grau and Albert Soler could encounter up to four several years in jail.
True Madrid chief Florentino Perez will not show up at tonight’s El Classico in opposition to Barcelona, amid climbing tensions concerning the clubs about the Casa Negreira scandal
Barcelona have been past 7 days charged with corruption in excess of payments to a previous referees’ official
True Madrid then declared past Sunday that they would be part of the complaint submitted by Spanish prosecutors.
In a club statement, they stated: ‘Real Madrid express their deep problem about the seriousness of the info and reiterate their comprehensive self-confidence in the motion of the justice and have agreed that, in defence of their authentic interests, they will be a part of the complaint as shortly as the judge will take up the situation.’
This has set a sizeable strain on relations amongst the rivals ahead of tonight’s El Classico.
Regardless of seemingly performing collectively, together with Juventus, to thrust for a European Tremendous League, Perez is now not anticipated to go to the clash at the Nou Camp, according to Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo.
The customary evening meal in between the presidents of both of those clubs that takes location just before each individual El Classico sport was also cancelled earlier this week, indicating Perez will no longer dine with his Barcelona counterpart Joan Laporta.
Perez is predicted to enjoy the sport from Madrid as a substitute, with the Authentic main likely to have received an exceptionally hostile reception from Barcelona supporters if he attended.
This will also be the 1st time Perez has not attended an El Classico fixture around the course of his two spells as Serious president, which spans a 20-year period of time.
The clash is almost undoubtedly a ought to-acquire for Carlo Ancelotti’s side as they lie 9 factors powering the Catalan giants with just 13 LaLiga video games to go.
Irrespective of easing through their Champions League last-16 tie with Liverpool by virtue of a 6-2 aggregate win, they have struggled for regularity in the league over the latest months, which includes struggling pricey defeats to Mallorca and Villarreal.
The customary supper in between Barcelona president Joan Laporta and Perez was cancelled
