End of the press conference
Javier Tebas has already said on more than one occasion during the appearance that he was in a hurry because he had to catch a plane, so the last questions have been a bit rushed. The president of the League has been, as usual, flat in his explanations and has not been shy about giving his opinion, although he has been excessively prudent about the problem of ‘Negreira case’.
What does seem clear is that changes are expected in the arbitration systems to satisfy all parties. We will keep reporting 🙂
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“Barça cannot register Messi today”
On a possible return of the ’10’ to the Barça club: «There is a lot of time left and we are working on a feasibility plan. Like La Liga, I hope he succeeds, I’m a fan of Messi, he’s the best in the world. But we are not going to change any economic control rules for Barça to achieve it, they are the ones who have to change their finances and make movements.
“There is no orchestrated campaign against the referees”
“Orchestrated campaign? Not at all. There is a general discomfort, as I said before, that has been going on for a long time and we must seek solutions for this.
“We want the referees to be happy and so are we,” he adds.
What have Tebas and Laporta said?
«I don’t remember because it was quite inconsequential, maybe I told him how we were going to structure the meeting, but I don’t remember. He was in shock (laughs) ».
“It seems that everything that comes out of this house is shit, but it’s not true”
Thebes wants to run away from trouble: «It seems that everything that comes out of this house is shit, but it is not true. The clubs are the first to not want confrontations with the referees or the RFEF, we want to make progress on this.”
The short prescription periods
“Perhaps it is necessary to modify the limitation periods, which are too short,” says Tebas, about the few years that are needed with the current regulations for a crime such as the one that would be, if proven, that of ‘Negreira case’ prescribe.
The absence of Florentino Pérez in the Assembly
Thebes: «I did not expect his presence, if we have so many conflicts it is rare that the president of Madrid comes, he has not come for years. The club is well represented by José Ángel Sánchez, who is the day-to-day executive and the one who is aware of everything.
On the role of Madrid in the ‘Negreira case’
“We do not understand what has been done with Negreira”
“The doubts as to why 7 million euros have been paid to Negreira have not been resolved,” insists the president of LaLiga.
Thebes and he have not talked about resignation
At the time, Tebas said that the president of Barça should leave his post if he did not explain well what had happened with the ‘Negreira case’: “I think the same as before… another thing is that I am not going to make a casus beli from this. The partners choose him and that’s it. I think it is not significant to comment now… I already said what I thought at the time (that I should resign if it was not explained) and I still think that things have not been clarified ».
It also confirms that the issue of possible resignation has not been discussed in the Assembly.
“The problem of the arbitration issue is one of criteria”
On some issues raised in the Assembly on arbitration: «It would have to be managed with an outside company (unrelated to institutions), this has been one of the most majority votes. The League does not want that competition, we have made it clear. Regarding the time with which the appointments must be notified, many clubs request that it be known the day of the game or the day before, “he explained.
The problem of the arbitration issue is one of criteria, something to which the VAR referee has added, who has become a very important figure because he is the one who interprets the play in the last instance. For this reason, it has been considered whether there should be collegiate specialists in VAR »
“Uneasiness with the referees”
Thebes explains that in recent years there have not been good feelings with the referees, and considers that there is a certain “discomfort” with the VAR issue and others. And that’s why he wants it changed.
The Tebas-Laporta relationship
«I have spoken with him for a few minutes and I want to have a good relationship, that does not mean that I have favoritism. I have told him that it is a matter of FC Barcelona and as such he must respond. I have kept everything the same, as with other clubs.”
The Real Madrid video
«LaLiga has nothing to say about it, but making a video like this is diverting attention. I wouldn’t have. It does not contribute Nor did it contribute what Laporta said about the regime’s team.
“Laporta has called me irresponsible”
«He told me that I was irresponsible and I explained to him that this is a delegated commission and there is no irresponsible attitude. You cannot lower the level of criticism and harshness of behaviors. We are talking about 18 years, with many presidents involved. Lower the bar for our sponsors and our mercantile companies want them to investigate all sorts of signs of corruption.”
«The regime team debate? It’s a bar at 5 in the morning»
“This is like when you went out at the age of 20 and debated with friends which team was favored by the regime.”
Thebes: “I don’t think Barça bought referees, but…”
«I also knew the Osasuna executives who are going to prison for the Osasuna-Betis case. LaLiga cannot look the other way on these issues. There is a lot of talk about the presumption of innocence… I don’t think that FC Barcelona bought referees, but they did want to influence. If we abstract from sports conduct, it is conduct that must be investigated.”
The alleged false documents
“They are not false documents. They are documents that were in the safe of Mr. Juan Contreras, who was the one who kept the reports and moved them. We have provided them. We made comments, such as one that said about the lawyers who said: Sandro, Josep María… It’s already a coincidence, isn’t it?»
Thebes asks that they investigate the son of Negreira
«I have told him that it is unintelligible. They are not enough explanations and the usual: it is unintelligible to spend so many years paying the vice president of the CTA. In addition, we have asked the Court to introduce Negreira’s son as being investigated because he is the one who had dinner with the referees the day before ».
“Laporta has not clarified anything”
Thebes admits that Laporta “has not clarified anything”, but has highlighted the education and good tone of the rest of the clubs. It has not been an interrogation. “He has not convinced in his explanations”
Laporta’s explanations about the Negreira case
He has spoken five minutes of the criminal lawyer handling the matter. President Laporta has given his explanations for 20 minutes, which has been a summary of what he had said at the press conference. It has not been an interrogation to Barcelona. Laporta has defended that the payments to Negreira were not intended to influence or buy referees. The rest of the clubs have shown themselves to be contrary and that this should not be done.
An ‘English-style’ arbitration with an external company
Thebes has indicated that the survey has resolved that it should be appointed ‘English-style’, with a mercantile company that is in charge of appointing, giving promotions and descents, etc. “That guy is not banned by FIFA or UEFA. The Premier, the Bundesliga… If there is an agreement with the Federation, we will sit down with the actors with a project that we create. We want to accommodate the players as well.”
A survey of referees
Thebes says that an anonymous survey with 19 questions has been passed to the presidents of LaLiga. «LaLiga does not want arbitration powers. Is not true. We do not want competitions over the referees. As an institution it is not the place where we think it should be.
Thebes comes out to speak: “An Assembly with great expectation”
The president begins by announcing the renewal of the collective agreement with AFE. “The relationship with the union years ago was one of continuous conflict and no longer.”
Laporta goes on the run
The president of Barcelona finally flees from LaLiga without speaking to the media. Pending the appearance of Thebes.
Laporta will also speak: will they ‘counterprogram’?
The president of Barcelona is also going to speak to give his pertinent explanations. The journalists present fear that they will counterprogram each other…
The Assembly is over: Thebes will appear shortly
Once the LaLiga Assembly is complete, Javier Tebas is expected to speak to the media shortly.
‘Rarefied’ atmosphere in the Assembly of LaLiga
Laporta’s explanations have left a certain strange atmosphere at the LaLiga headquarters. Everything indicates that the explanations given by the culé president have not been liked.
Representatives of Atlético, Sevilla and Real Sociedad go “on the run”
Miguel Ángel Gil Marín and José María del Nido Jr., representatives of Atlético and Sevilla leave the Assembly. They have gone ‘on the run’ and without giving statements. Jokin Aperribay, president of Real Sociedad, has also left the headquarters of the employers.
Reports Iván Martín from the headquarters of LaLiga
Between Barcelona and Real Madrid… Espanyol
ANOTHER outstanding photo of the Assembly: the placement of those responsible. Between Joan Laporta, as president of Barcelona, and José Antonio Sánchez, general director of Real Madrid (Florentino Pérez does not usually go to the Assemblies), the representative of the property of Espanyol.
Photo: LaLiga
Laporta gives explanations about the Negreira case
Reports Iván Martín from the Assembly:
Three hours of Assembly and the end is still not in sight. The last thing we know is that Joan Laporta kept explaining the Negreira case to the LaLiga presidents.
Approved the increase in the minimum wage in First and Second
The first point of the day in the Assembly has not been a problem: they have approved the rise in the minimum wage for soccer players in agreement with the AFE union.
The LaLiga press conference, live
Although it was not clear until the last moment that he was going to speak, LaLiga had already planned a streaming of the press conference after the Assembly.
Laporta has arrived with a lawyer
One of the great protagonists of the day at the LaLiga headquarters is Joan Laporta. The president of Barcelona has come with an adviser, a lawyer, in the face of possible problems over the Negreira case.
The order of the day in LaLiga
With the 42 First and Second Division clubs present, the Assembly’s agenda is:
Javier Tebas appears before the media
After a LaLiga Assembly marked by controversy over the ‘Negreira case’, Javier Tebas gives his pertinent explanations to the media. The president of LaLiga will speak after a tough negotiation with the journalists, who asked from the outset for statements.
