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Dangerous escalation from the Royals
The press release came as a surprise after it emerged that Real Madrid, in a recent filing with European Football Association (UEFA), called for tougher sanctions against Barcelona in the wake of the Negira case, going so far as to ask the Catalan club to strip the European titles it won during the investigation.
According to AS newspaper, the dossier prepared by Real Madrid in recent months is on its way to UEFA headquarters, a move that reflects the Royal Club’s new escalation against its arch-rival.
The report confirms that Real Madrid’s demands are not limited to banning Barcelona from European competitions, but extend to the deletion of titles won by the Catalan club over the years linked to the case, with the aim of removing those achievements from official records.
AS noted that Florentino Perez’s administration has recently stepped up its efforts to push for sporting sanctions against Barcelona, arguing that Negrea’s case represents a breach of competition integrity.
The newspaper adds that the relationship between Real Madrid and the European Football Association has recently witnessed a noticeable transformation, given the existence of a consensus between the two sides on a number of issues related to the future of European football, especially the protection of the integrity of the competition.
The report also notes that UEFA president Aleksandar Ceferin previously described the Negrea incident in 2023 as “the most serious incident he has seen in football”, giving the currently discussed file special importance in the corridors of the European Union.
AS concluded its report by emphasizing that UEFA has not closed the case forever, but has simply frozen some procedures pending developments in the judicial process in Spain, while everyone awaits the decision that the European Union will make regarding Real Madrid’s complaint.
