Real Madrid announced on Wednesday that it has submitted a report on the Negreira Case to UEFA's disciplinary bodies, prepared by the club's legal services.

According to the club, the document presents what it describes as relevant evidence that strengthens existing indications regarding payments made by Barcelona to former Technical Committee of Referees vice-president José María Enríquez Negreira through various corporate entities.

"In this document," Real Madrid stated, "the club has informed UEFA of the existence of relevant evidence that conclusively reinforces the indications already known from the beginning regarding the existence of prolonged, opaque payments lacking any verifiable justification, made by FC Barcelona to the former vice-president of the Technical Committee of Referees of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, José María Enríquez Negreira, through various corporate structures."

The statement also reiterated the club's position on the seriousness of the matter, describing it as a threat to the integrity of football competitions.

"Real Madrid emphasizes that these events constitute, from the perspective of sports disciplinary law, a systemic risk of the utmost gravity to the integrity of competitions, as they demonstrate the existence of a structure of undue influence over the refereeing body, incompatible with the essential principles of competitive equality, neutrality, impartiality, and unpredictability of the sporting outcome."

Real Madrid has requested that UEFA reopen disciplinary proceedings related to the case.

"In this context, Real Madrid has urged the immediate resumption of the disciplinary proceedings initiated by UEFA, considering it unacceptable that this situation has been prolonged, as its persistence seriously compromises the credibility of football, its institutions and its leaders, and therefore demands a firm, exemplary and immediate response in the sporting arena, independent of the outcome of the ongoing legal proceedings."

The club also called on UEFA to take any measures it deems necessary to safeguard the integrity of its competitions.

"Real Madrid, in the exercise of its own autonomous and independent powers, adopt the appropriate disciplinary and restorative measures to guarantee the integrity, transparency and proper functioning of the competitions, without this implying, in any case, replacing the function of the State's jurisdictional bodies or anticipating a criminal classification of the facts. In this regard, Real Madrid, appearing in the ongoing criminal proceedings as a private prosecutor, will exercise, as it has been doing since the beginning, the actions that correspond at each procedural stage."

The statement concluded by reaffirming the club's commitment to defending the core values of sport.

"Real Madrid reaffirms its commitment to upholding the essential values of sport and will continue to promote all necessary actions to ensure that acts of this nature do not go unpunished."

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