🎙️ “It’s possible a club was relegated because of the Negreira case”

Florentino Pérez has once again criticized Spanish refereeing and denounced the Negreira case at the traditional cocktail party with the press that Real Madrid holds every year. 

"The Negreira case is the most serious case in football today. We know that more than 8 million have been paid for technical reports on referees and yet they were never received by the coaches," stated the president of Real Madrid.

"It is completely incomprehensible that the institutions have left Madrid alone in this fight. How is it possible that the president of the referees asks us to forget about it? How are we going to forget the biggest scandal in the history of football? How can the RFEF and LaLiga behave like this? They have the duty to ensure integrity," Pérez reflected.

Florentino Pérez, en la comida de Navidad del Real Madrid con los medios de comunicación.

“La mayor preocupación del Madrid es la situación del arbitraje en España.

Es posible que algún club haya descendido por el Caso Negreira. Se debe hacer justicia”. pic.twitter.com/WjDsvZLsaC

— Abraham P. Romero (@AbrahamPRomero) December 15, 2025

Criticism of the Vitoria referee

Florentino Pérez believes that yesterday, in Mendizorroza, Real Madrid was refereed "by a referee who threatened to take measures against our club on the eve of the Copa final." "It seems that the fouls suffered by Vinicius and Rodrygo are not penalties. It's the novelty of this season," the main executive of the club ironically remarked.

Pérez also recalled that in the Negreira Case, his club is not the only one affected. "It is possible that some club has been relegated as a victim of the 'Negreira case.' Our football has been damaged and justice must be done," he pointed out.

He also announced that Madrid "will continue insisting" and reminded the media that they play a fundamental role in spreading these complaints.

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