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Mourinho: Spain's Negreira inaction could yield biggest refereeing corruption scandal
October 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Mourinho said Spain's handling of the Negreira case could become the biggest corruption scandal in refereeing history if no action is taken.
- Mourinho told Italian platform Prime Video that Spain has done "nothing at all" on the case, unlike Italy, where Calciopoli relegated Juventus in 2006.
- Mourinho said if nothing happens, the case "might be the biggest corruption scandal in the history of world refereeing."
- Barcelona paid over 7 million euros between 2001 and 2018 to firms linked to Negreira, former vice-president of Spain's referees' technical committee.
- Barcelona denies wrongdoing, stating the payments covered technical reports and refereeing consultancy.

