The president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, was eager yesterday to listen to Joan Laporta’s explanations about the Negreira case: “It was about time, more than two months have passed. Let’s see how he clarifies it, I am eager to hear it and the rest of the fans, too, “he said.
During a visit to the Real Sporting facilities, given the possibility of the Asturian stadium hosting the 2030 World Cup, Tebas referred to this matter as “the greatest reputational damage that has been done to Spanish football in its entire history” and He warned the Blaugrana leader that “if what he intends to say is what they have already told him by letter to FIFA and UEFA, he is not going to clarify much for us either.” “The question is clear: why was the vice-president of the referees paid for so long?” Tebas wondered before pointing out that for years, “four presidents passed the baton in the midst of audits and forensics.”
LaLiga plans to discuss this matter on April 19, two days after the press conference announced by Joan Laporta, in a meeting in which Tebas invited the Blaugrana president to participate: “It is important that he come and speak to the rest of the clubs â€. He also pointed out that “other arbitration models such as those that exist in other countries such as England or Germany†will be discussed because many clubs are disenchanted: “We have been here for two seasons with the clubs’ discomfort regarding arbitration and VAR. We find out more when it happens to a big team, but it also happens in many stadiums, â€he assured.
Tebas also spoke out about the attack by Real Madrid player Fede Valverde, who punched the Villarreal player Ãlex Baena in the face in the Santiago Bernabéu parking lot after the game that ended in a 3-2 win for the people of Castellón. The president of LaLiga described the incident as a “reprehensible action” and added: “Provocation is a mitigation, never a justification.” Baena filed a complaint against Valverde on Sunday at the police station for this assault, while the white footballer’s entourage accuses the Villarreal player of having provoked him during the game, alluding to the problems with his wife’s pregnancy. The case is now in the hands of the Anti-Violence Commission, which is the one who should determine the disciplinary measures to be applied: “The Anti-Violence Commission, as we expected, has entered ex officio and will be the one that has to impose the corresponding sanctions,” Tebas remarked.
