Joan Laporta spoke about the case of José María Enriquez Negreira.

Currently, "Barcelona" is holding a press conference dedicated to the case of paying the former vice president of the technical refereeing committee.

"I am here as the main representative of "Barcelona". I appeal to my colleagues, to public opinion, to clarify the case of Negreira. The incidents happened several years ago and are not under the responsibility of the current management. Within two months, we were subjected to a monstrous slander campaign. These information and conclusions have nothing to do with reality.

"Barcelona" was an example of a fair game. We are proud to have contributed to the sp ort. ,"Barcelona" has won for decades, and we continue to win thanks to the efforts and talent of our players, coaches, emp, employees, as well as our partners, and fans.

When "Barcelona" wins, we celebrate it together. When we lose, we don't make excuses. This is a sport. "Barcelona" is a value system.

At Barca ,we like how we win, we like to win by playing well. We don't like to win because of bad refereeing.

No smear campaign will stop Barca from remaining the benchmark in world sport and admired by millions of Catalans worldwide.

When that controversy arose, I spoke immediately and said that it was clear to me that this was a planned campaign against Barcelona and it was not a coincidence. We commissioned an internal investigation that was outsourced to an outside firm. It allows me to get more information.

I had information that was not there before. I will start with this categorical statement. "Barcelona has never taken any action with the ultimate goal of disrupting the competition in the tournament in order to gain an advantage," the Barcelona president stated.