League officials closely linked to Javier Tebas play a highly visible role in the criminal probe into the so-called Negreira case, which centers on alleged corruption involving FC Barcelona. Tebas’s organization was among the first to be summoned in the proceedings, and on instruction from the Education Court No. 1 in Barcelona, it supplied materials to support the accusation. Those documents, Tebas’s team contends, implicate former Barça presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu in payments to José María Enríquez Negreira, the former vice-chairman of the Technical Referees Committee. Tebas has since requested that the judge allow him to participate further in the investigation. Javier Enríquez Romero, the former referee’s son, has also supported Real Madrid’s position as a party damaged by the alleged arrangements, due to ties with firms that allegedly profited from Barça.
From the outset, prosecutors and the investigating judge Silvia López Mejías indicated that Javier Enríquez Romero was not included in the core investigations, arguing there was no concrete proof of a crime against him. La Liga, however, maintains that the assessment is flawed. It argues that a substantial body of evidence points to the son’s active and necessary cooperation with the central figure in the alleged conspiracy, suggesting his relevance to the case.
The suspicions rest on a tax office report and on the son’s relationship with referees whom he advised as a mentor. They supported matches involving Barcelona, and sources disclosed to EL PERIÓDICO from Prensa Ibérica reveal that the organization allegedly charged fees for escorting referees to hotels and airports. The material reportedly gained entry into court records, with notes asserting checks like whether a referee’s car would start, notes seized at the residence of former Barça coach José Contreras Arjona. The document quantified some sums, including references such as 50,000 and 10,000.
The league argues that the son of the former head of arbitration earned a salary as the agent of Dasnil 95, a company he co-founded with his father, and that this arrangement involved sizable payments from Barça. Other entities tied to the alleged scheme, including Soccercam and Tresep 2014 SL, are described as having received funds from the club during the initial phase of Joan Laporta’s tenure. José Contreras, who passed away in 2022, is said to have mediated some payment flows.
Within the recorded material, a discussion emerges in which one Dasnil payment to Javier Enríquez is framed as an act of “secret revenge.” Tebas’s organization maintains that Enríquez had an ongoing, fluid relationship with the company he managed (Dasnil), a factor they believe complicates the claim that he was merely an incidental participant. The league also notes that several Barça managers, including Óscar Grau, Albert Soler, and former president Bartomeu, had no formal ties to Enríquez Negreira in official police statements, though they did have a connection through his son.
customer referees
To illustrate Javier Enríquez’s close ties with Spanish referees, LaLiga submitted a list to the court detailing payments received in exchange for coaching services from six referees. One listed official, Oliver de la Fuente Ramos, reportedly received 10,200 euros between 2016 and 2018. The roster includes Santiago Jaime Latre, Javier Alberola, Iñaki Vicandi, David Medié, and Carlos Calderiña, all of whom presided over Barça matches during that period.
Meanwhile, efforts to advance the accusation in court have encountered obstacles. One filing comes from the Social and Sports Activities Encouragement Association (2004), led by Valent, and Tenerife attorney Miguel Ángel de Armas Pérez. The complaint targets Joan Laporta and Joan Gaspart, alleging that their presidential funds were funneled to the companies implicated in the Negreira matter. That filing will push the judge to determine whether the alleged crimes are time-barred.
Another repetition of the initial section reiterates the active role of the league in pursuing the Negreira case, highlighting the ongoing effort to gather and present evidence in support of the accusations against Barça’s leadership and related entities. The same points about payments, the suspected network of companies, and the alleged influence over refereeing decisions recur in the subsequent passages, underscoring the contentious nature of the case and the stubborn insistence by Tebas’s group on pursuing accountability beyond the earliest inquiries.
To further demonstrate Enríquez’s proximity to referees, LaLiga provided the court with a roster of six referees who allegedly received payment for coaching services. The list includes Oliver de la Fuente Ramos, who purportedly earned 10,200 euros, along with Latre, Alberola, Vicandi, Medié, and Calderiña, all of whom refereed Barça fixtures during the covered period.
On the legal front, several petitions seeking the full fulfillment of the accusation have not yet reached the court handling the case. The involvement of the 2004 association and a Tenerife lawyer marks one route in which Laporta and Gaspart are named, with claims that presidential funds were channeled to the implicated companies. This line of argument will compel the judge to adjudicate whether the crimes are barred by the statute of limitations.