Several reports in the Spanish press have given fans a shocking surprise regarding Barcelona as Juan Laporta, president of the Camp Nou castle, has made a heated decision in favor of UEFA.
In a related matter, the European Union is currently debating the appropriate punishment it will impose on Barça amid the Negrera case, which accuses the club of paying a bribe to the former head of the Spanish Federation’s arbitration committee.
The European Union has previously threatened the Catalan club by excluding it from the European Champions League, on the sidelines of the sanctions that will be imposed after the Negrera case.
Barcelona threaten to leave La Liga and play in the Saudi League over Negrera affair
And according to what was revealed by the Spanish journalist “Eduardo Enda” in his program “Cherengito”, Juan Laporta, the president of the Catalan club, made a fiery statement regarding the decisions of the European Union, where he said that he would go to Barça to play in the Saudi Arabian League in case he was expelled from the Champions League.
And the journalist said: “We don’t know what form of competition the president of Barca wants in Saudi Arabia, and whether it will be friendly matches or a tournament that takes place during the Champions League matches, but he made it clear that the main goal is to replenish the treasury club.”
He added: “Negrera and the Blue Garnets have committed an ongoing corruption offense of sports fraud in addition to filing other maladministration charges.”
And he concluded: “The Catalan club paid this money to conduct polls of referees to find out if they are impartial or not.”