John Laporta appeared this morning before the microphones of Catalonia Radio the day after being charged with bribery by the judge of the Negreira case a few days before the Assembly of Committers on Saturday. The Barcelona president has downplayed the importance of the decision of the Joaquin Aguirre – “I think there is no way to go” – he was displeased with his position – “it is quite strange that an investigating judge dedicates himself to qualifying the facts” – and accused what he called “sociological Madrid” of promoting and trying to “take advantage” of the arbitration scandal
“There is a sociological Madridismo in the political center of the capital that is very strong and that in the Barça we have always encountered it. And this sociological Madrid suffered a lot when we won everything in my first stage as president and now it is afraid of it happening again. And it turns out that now there is the same president of the best Barça in history. Don’t you forgive me? I don’t give a damn. I am interested in Barça and in having a splendid period again. The more I fight to defend Barça, the more I love it. Important challenges are ahead of us. And competing against this sociological Madrid is. “We are already used to fighting against this,” he said.
And he continued along this line: “There is a sociological Madridismo that is in certain media, among some politicians, among those who have had power in sport… They were or are from Madrid. We have to accept it and as a culé there are to compete against this. Because they are terrified of having a dominant Barça again like the one in my first stage and which was also very loved. This sociological Madrid has taken advantage of the Negreira case, has even appeared, and is trying to tarnish the name of Barça and “our history, and we cannot allow this. If on top of that they can harm one of the differential facts of Catalonia, which is Barça, they are doing well.”
Image of tranquility
Regarding the legal part, Laporta sought to give an image of tranquility. “Knowing the judge’s history, I was expecting the order. There is no basis,” he said. Judge Joaquín Aguirre had decided this Wednesday to charge the current president of FC Barcelona for the Negreira case in which the payment of 7.3 million euros by the Barça entity to the former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees, José María Enríquez Negreira, is being investigated. , and his son for 18 years. The man attributes the same crimes to him as to former presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu and two former directors of the club. That is, a continued crime of bribery and, alternatively, sports corruption, another of unfair administration and falsification of commercial documents.
“All Barcelona fans can rest assured. This case is going to be archived, like most of this judge’s cases. We are in a phase in which two hypotheses are being aired: one, that at Barça we were paying some payments for some reports. It comes perhaps from Nuñez, from Gaspart, for sure. It was a practice that became common, because we thought that they could be important in the sporting progress of the club. In my time they were paid via bank transfer and on top of that they were payments that were audited. We prove some services of 629 reports, which corresponded only to 3 years. Imagine in 18 years, even many more. The other hypothesis that is aired is that of the judge, who says that these payments were to buy referees and fix matches and that Barça got a benefit… They will never be able to prove this because it is not true. Therefore, I have to trust that it will end in an acquittal. Therefore, from a technical point of view we are calm,” he indicated.
World Cup Semifinal
Laporta once again alluded to that new term that he has coined in this interview of “sociological Madridism” and that he promises will make a fortune in the Barcelona dictionary when talking about the Camp Nou as the venue for the World Cup. “We have asked to host it. Surely it will host a semi-final. The final? The power center of the capital is very Real Madrid,” he said.
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Laporta has indicated that the relationship with Florentino Pérez is “normal, there is institutional respect.” Will he come to Barcelona for the imminent classic? We’ll see. He has the right to do what he wants. I would like you to come. “Barça-Madrid is the best show in the world and the fact that both clubs are represented by their top leaders gives strength to the match.”
He did not seem very inclined to take a joint photo with Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, as the former explicitly requested.
2023-10-19 07:39:52
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