A new theory is gaining ground, at least in the local media, about the Negreira case.
FC Barcelona is under investigation for having paid José María Enríquez Negreira, who was at the time the vice-president of the referee’s committee in Spain. Why exactly the club paid a total of 7.2 million to him is a source of debate, but one thesis says it was a way of hiding extra salary to club executives.
Firstly, they say that it would be hard to get much refereeing help through payments to Negreira. Firstly, there is no smoking gun of such a thing happening.