State Attorney General Alvaro Garcia Ortiz ordered that the case be transferred from the public prosecutor's office due to the high-profile nature of the allegations that could constitute significant corruption offences.
Prosecutors allege that under a secret agreement and"in exchange for money", Negreira favoured Barcelona"in the decisions taken by referees in the games played by the club, as well as in the results of the competitions". In a statement last month the football club denied wrongdoing, saying it had paid an external consultant who supplied it with"technical reports related to professional refereeing", calling it"a common practice among professional football clubs".
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