Lawyer Christopher Martell will represent FC Barcelona in the Negreira case, knowledgeable sources have explained to Europa Press. martell defends footballer Dani Alves in his case for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl at the Sutton nightclub and has also worked for the Pujol family.
Other sources consulted by Europa Press have added that the club has commissioned an internal investigation to the lawyer Andreu Van den Eyndethe lawyer who defended Oriol Junqueras in the Supreme Court trial.
The club is being investigated as a legal entity in the case for the payments to the former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) José María Enríquez Negreira, and Negreira himself, former Blaugrana presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, former club directors Óscar Grau and Albert Soler and Negreira’s company DASNIL 95 SL are also under investigation.
The Investigating Court 1 of Barcelona investigates this case for alleged corruption between individuals in the sports fieldunfair administration and falsification of a commercial document after admitting a complaint from the Prosecutor’s Office and a complaint by the arbitrator Xavier Estrada Fernández for processing.
The Prosecutor’s Office calculates that from 2001 to 2018, Negreira collected more than 7.3 million euros in payments that allegedly did not correspond to technical advisory services real but to a “strictly confidential verbal agreement” to favor the club in arbitration decisions.
The Prosecutor’s Office denounces Barça and Bartomeu and Rosell for payments to Negreira
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