Barcelona and Florentino Pérez have a court date over Negreira | OneFootball

The conflict between Barcelona and Florentino Pérez will reach the courts next November 25. The Blaugrana club and the Real Madrid president have been summoned to a conciliation hearing that could be the step before a lawsuit for an alleged crime of slander.

The institutional dispute between Barcelona and Florentino Pérez already has a date to move into the judicial arena. A Madrid court set the conciliation hearing for November 25 at 9:40 a.m., as requested by the Blaugrana side against the Real Madrid president.

The procedure represents a preliminary step before the possible filing of a criminal complaint for an alleged crime of slander, following statements made by Florentino Pérez in May in connection with the Negreira case.

Barça seeks a retraction

Barcelona filed a conciliation claim against Florentino Pérez in June. The aim of the Blaugrana institution is for the Real Madrid chief to retract certain statements that the club considers slanderous and offensive to its image and reputation.

The conflict arose from statements made by Pérez on May 12 and in a later interview, in which he questioned Barcelona’s situation in the context of the Negreira case and spoke of alleged refereeing benefits for the Catalan side.

Among his claims was the remark that Real Madrid had been “robbed of seven league titles.” Barcelona believes that this type of statement justifies its legal action.

If the conciliation does not succeed and the Real Madrid president does not comply with Barcelona’s request, the Blaugrana club has already announced that it would move forward with the corresponding criminal complaint.

The conflict also reached LaLiga, the RFEF and the CTA

Barcelona’s institutional offensive was not limited to the judicial procedure.

In June, the club’s then vice president, Rafael Yuste, sent a letter to LaLiga, the RFEF and the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) asking them to act in response to Florentino Pérez’s statements.

Barça argued that those remarks affected the image and reputation of the competition, in addition to calling the refereeing establishment into question.

Real Madrid, for its part, responded through another channel. On June 17, it submitted a report on the Negreira case to UEFA and requested disciplinary measures against Barcelona, arguing that there were elements which, in the club’s view, justified intervention by the European governing body.

November 25: a new chapter in the clash

Thus, the confrontation between the two most important institutions in Spanish football now adds a judicial stage.

On November 25, Barcelona and Florentino Pérez will have to appear at the conciliation hearing in Madrid. The outcome of that meeting will determine whether the conflict can be resolved through a retraction or whether Barcelona decides to go ahead with the announced complaint.

For now, the procedure remains at the conciliation stage and there is not yet any formal criminal complaint filed against Florentino Pérez over these events.

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