The former commissioner of the National Police Corps, José Manuel Villarejo, assured today, in his second day of interview on RAC1, that at Real Madrid, with the help of the "untouchable" Florentino Pérez, referees were bribed "before" the Negreira case.
Villarejo, interviewed by Jordi Basté in El Món on RAC1 along with other figures such as Artur Mas or Pablo Iglesias, has pointed out that "all presidents have done it", but that “it is impossible to prosecute anything that has to do with the president of Real Madrid". "It is impossible to prosecute anything that affects Florentino Pérez. Anyone who dares to do so would be suicidal. Florentino is untouchable," he said.
The president of LaLiga Javier Tebas has also given his opinion on this issue, stating that he believes Villarejo's words regarding the privileges of the Madrid president: "It's not that Villarejo says it, it's popular in this country. I say it too, it's a objective data," he assured. In the case of an alleged bribe to the referees by the Merengue club, the top leader of Spanish football has preferred to remain on the sidelines: "If he has something to prove it. He talks a lot. Villarejo's tactics are incredible and condemnable."
Some accusations that have not gone down well with the Madrid entity, which has reacted by announcing that it has filed a lawsuit against the former commissioner this morning: "The president of Real Madrid C.F., Florentino Pérez, has ordered the immediate presentation of the corresponding legal action against former commissioner Villarejo for the false accusations made on the Catalan radio station Rac1," reads the white club's statement.
Last week, the judge in the Negreira case charged Barça and the rest of the people under investigation with a continued crime of bribery. The head of the investigating court 1 of Barcelona, Joaquín Aguirre, issued an order in which he considers it proven that "the payments made by FC Barcelona to José María Enríquez Negreira satisfied the interests of the club" and "he also deduces that the payments produced the arbitration effects desired by FC Barcelona".
Furthermore, he assures that what they did to Sandro Rosell - who spent two years in preventive detention before being acquitted of all charges - "was tremendous", and points out that Judge Lamela - the investigator of the case - "was deceived" .
FC Barcelona announced last Monday that it will take legal action against former commissioner Villarejo, after he revealed in an interview that it was "people around" Joan Laporta who gave "the information about Sandro Rosell", which led to his imprisonment for 22 months.
The Barça club considers this information to be "totally false" and, as EFE learned, Laporta will take legal action against the former commissioner.
