Calls in Spain for Barcelona to be stripped of La Liga titles

Calls in Spain are growing for Barcelona to be stripped of La Liga titles linked to the Negreira scandal, after Real Madrid compiled 50,000 pages of evidence and delivered them to UEFA on Thursday. The renewed push comes as UEFA confirmed a “substantial amount of documents” was received by its ethics and disciplinary investigators. The allegations center on Barcelona paying more than £7 million over 17 years, from 2001 to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, during the period he served as vice president of Spain’s technical referees committee. Barcelona has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, saying the payments were for scouting and technical reports via a company connected to Negreira, and that no proof of sporting influence has been shown. La Liga previously said it couldn’t investigate due to the time elapsed.