War of the Documents: Real Madrid Demands Secret Barça Files in the Negreira Case

Negreira Case Escalates as Madrid Demands Documents

The Real Madrid club has taken another step in its legal battle against Barcelona in the Negreira case.

Barcelona faces accusations of manipulating outcomes by making payments to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, the former deputy for the referees technical committee in Spain.

According to the Spanish newspaper AS, Real Madrid's management formally requested access to Barcelona's audit and invoice operations from 2010 to 2018.

The paper notes that the era of mutual understanding in shared files between Madrid and Barcelona has ended, clearly visible in the corridors of Barcelona's courts, which are examining every facet of the payments to Negreira.

The club continues to push forward in its stance, aiming to uncover the truth in the tangled case.

After the sharp, irritating questions from Real Madrid's lawyers to Barcelona president Joan Laporta last week, the Merengues now lodge a formal demand to access the documents surrounding the payments made to Negreira.

Madrid wants copies of Barcelona's internal audit files from 2010 to 2018, as well as the external independent audits associated with them, which were drafted and approved by the Catalan club during that period.

Analysts say the outcome could influence fairness in Spanish football and sponsorship deals; the stakes are rising, receipts would demand audits now.

For now, the Madrid camp remains convinced that transparency is essential, while Barca defends its documents as confidential but answerable under scrutiny. Punchline: receipts are louder than any rumor. Punchline 2: audit fatigue is the new black.