MOSCOW, March 12 – Madrid football club “Real” on its official website announced its intention to participate in the trial against “Barcelona” and the former leaders of the Catalan team in the case of corruption.

Earlier in the media it was reported that from 2016 to 2018, Barcelona paid the former vice president of the technical committee of referees in the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Enriquez Negreira almost 1.4 million euros for reporting on referees. Spain’s prosecutors on Friday filed charges against Barcelona as a legal entity, and former Catalan club presidents Josep Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, as well as Negreira himself, will also be charged.

“Real Madrid Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, took note of the serious allegations made by the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office against Barcelona, ​​Josep Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell … Real Madrid expresses deep concern at the seriousness of the facts, confirms its full confidence in the actions of justice and has agreed that, to protect his legitimate interests, he will appear in the trial as soon as the judge opens it to the injured parties,” the statement said.