Judge Joaquin Aguirre, who presided over the Negreira case, decided to close the investigation into sports corruption against Barcelona due to lack of evidence. This is reported by the COPE media outlet.
Recall, the investigative court of Barcelona considered as a crime the payment of 7 million euros, which the club paid to the Spanish referee committee between 2001 and 2018. Negreira is accused of bribery, as well as his son and former presidents of Barcelona Josep Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell.
As Telecomasia.net previously reported, Barcelona faces relegation to the second division of the Spanish championship and disqualification in the Champions League.