KUNAL TALKS MADRID

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[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

PASSING OF AN AGE
Gracious #CristianoRonaldo #elbicho

[Madrid Zone @theMadridZone]

🚨💣 THE NEGREIRA CASE — FULL RECAP:

• Between 2001 and 2018, FC Barcelona paid approximately €7.3 million to José María Enríquez Negreira.

• Negriera was the Vice-President of Spain’s Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) — effectively one of the most senior figures inside the Spanish refereeing structure.

• He held that position from 1994 until 2018.

• Barcelona's payments therefore continued for approximately 17 years while Negreira occupied a senior position within the refereeing establishment.

• Payments were made under different Barcelona presidencies:

— Joan Gaspart
— Joan Laporta
— Sandro Rosell
— Josep Maria Bartomeu

• The payments suddenly stopped in 2018 — the same year Negreira left the Spain’s Technical Committee of Referees.

• Barcelona's official explanation is that it paid for "technical reports and scouting information about referees" that they handed over to coaches and coaching staffs to prepare for matches

• However, when investigators called up former Barca coaches such as Luis Enrique and Ernesto Valverde and asked them about these reports, they said they had NEVER seen them or used them.

• Barcelona therefore spent millions of euros on "reports" that they never used.

• When investigators asked Negreira himself what the millions were for, he said "They paid me to ensure refereeing neutrality."

• When investigators then asked Joan Laporta about Negreira saying "he was paid to ensure refereeing neutrality", Laporta said "We never asked him to do that."

• Investigators examined invoices issued to Barça by to Negreira.

• One invoice dated 30 November 2005 was for €60,000 and described the expenditure as "aloe vera gift pack"

• When prosecutor asked Joan Laporta whether invoices such as this were connected to the alleged referee reports/services, his reply was "I don't know."

• Another invoice, for around €139,000, referred to having selected/digitized footage from the South Africa 2010 World Cup.

• The problem? The 2010 World Cup wasn't even played yet.

• This pattern repeated for multiple internatonal tournaments, where invoices were made before these tournaments were ever played.

• La Liga say the reason they are not sanctioning Barcelona for this scandal, is because the statute of limitations is of 3 years only, and the case was revealed in 2023, which means the statute of limitations has passed.

• The case is now in criminal court.

• UEFA have now launched their own investigation, and they could BAN Barcelona from their competitions if they find them guilty.

[KAI @Kai_RMCF]

The 3 pillars of football corruption.

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

Another bad game for Vinicius. One penalty scored and the paid agents and agencies started glorifying vini. Fans aren’t dumb. He deserves to be benched at Madrid.

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

@theMadridZone Lol… Vini paying too much to Madrid Zone. End the stardom and let the talent speak. Vini is 💩

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

@theMadridZone Stop glorifying Vini. Madrid Zone is doing too much licking

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

Saviour For Madrid and Mourinho #realmadrid

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

@nitheesh_v65703 @Vera_RMCF 😂

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

PSG are CLOSE reaching an agreement for World Cup Winner Ferran Torres

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

Our boys training

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

@_Anthon_tm https://t.co/11b3V8cY8T

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

@damzychillin https://t.co/11b3V8cY8T

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

DELAY is Rodri negotiations will give Barcelona more time to think 🤔
Real Madrid can’t afford losing Rodri after getting this close
#Rodri #RealMadrid #KunalTalksMadrid

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

GONZALO GARCIA TO FULHAM. Deal Done for €70m

[ThatMadridGuy @thatmadridguy__]

@MadridXtra Then why tf Haaland didn’t win in 2022. Lmaoo😂😂😂

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

#VamosEspaña

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No words #spain

[Toni Kroos @ToniKroos]

Football won

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

MICHAEL OLISE HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE BAYERN MUNICH AND JOIN REAL MADRID THIS SUMMER, CONFIRMED
#olise #realmadrid

[KUNAL TALKS MADRID @KunalTalkMadrid]

🚨 BREAKING: ZINEDINE ZIDANE TAKES OVER AS FRANCE NT'S NEW COACH.
#zidane