FC Barcelona | Laporta, in the Negreira case: 40 days, six messages and the explanation that has not yet arrived

But the leader avoids, for the moment, giving an explanation about it, submitting to the questions of journalists. In 40 days, Laporta has ordered a “external and rigorous investigation” on the case, of which the final results are not yet known.

In addition, the leader has released up to six official messages about the arbitration scandal on the same line of argument insisting that he Barça is the victim of a campaign because they want to take it away from the members, after announcing that he will not only defend the “innocence” of the club but also attack.

At the moment, it has already filed several lawsuits against journalists who have attacked, according to the board’s belief, the honor of the institution, although it has not given names or specified the means.

1.- February 15

An hour after SER Catalunya uncovered the scandal, Laporta puts voice and image in the first statement where he admits that he had hired “an external consultant who provided arbitration advice.” The president alleges that “nothing is by chance” because it coincides with the best sporting moment of the entity.

2.- February 21

Institutional declaration of Laporta. “During my first term, invoices were made that had the documentary support of the requested arbitration services,” says the leader, while uncovering the existence of a campaign. “Thebes has taken off his mask. He has a phobia of Barça. I will not give him the pleasure of resigning as president,” he says.

3.- 7 March

Colloquium lunch at the Círculo Ecuestre of Barcelona. “The League and CVC want to suffocate us financially to become a Public Limited Company,” denounces Laporta. “Barça has never dedicated itself to buying referees nor has it dedicated itself to influencing,” he adds.

4.- 12 March

Laporta’s tweet on his personal Twitter account, later retweeted by the club’s channels. “Barça is innocent. Now they are all there,” writes the president, alluding to Madrid’s decision to appear in the Negreira case. In this way, Florentino Pérez distances himself from Laporta, with whom he shares common interests in the construction of the European Super League project and in his battle against Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga,

March 5-13

Talk at the Auditori 1899 with captains of the Barça teams. “I really want to face the scoundrels who are staining our club’s shield,” an emotional Laporta told the athletes. “Some, motivated by envy, try to erode our reputation with campaigns carried out in bad faith,” the leader also indicated in that meeting, which was private.

March 6-19

Video of Laporta’s speech on the club’s channels, just before the classic with Madrid in the League. “The campaign we suffered is not by chance, you all know, and its objective is to destabilize the team in the short and medium term, to control and keep it. I will have time to explain who, why and how. We will defend and attack.”