Real Madrid have submitted a substantial dossier to UEFA over payments made by Barcelona to former Spanish referees’ committee vice-president Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira.
UEFA said its ethics and disciplinary inspectors will assess the documents as part of their ongoing review of the case.
The dossier reportedly runs to more than 50,000 pages. Real said it contains evidence of “extraordinary gravity” and claimed it directly affects the integrity of competition and confidence in the refereeing system.
The case centres on allegations that Barcelona paid about 8.4 million euros to Negreira between 2001 and 2018.
Barcelona have repeatedly denied wrongdoing. The club have said the payments covered scouting and technical reports about referees that Negreira provided through his company, Dasnil 95.
Previous allegations suggested the payments could have been intended to influence referees, but Barcelona have strongly denied that claim.
Real said they want the investigation to progress “as quickly as possible until its complete conclusion” and urged officials to take decisions according to what they described as the seriousness of the proven facts.
UEFA described Real’s submission as “substantial” but has not announced any new disciplinary action against Barcelona.
Barcelona said UEFA had “not opened any new proceedings” against the club.
The Spanish champions said the proceedings began in 2023 and that two investigators had since carried out the actions they considered appropriate.
“These proceedings have not been reopened because they have never been closed,” Barcelona said.
The club added that the investigators had not made any new requests or forwarded Real’s complaint to Barcelona. It said it would respond if UEFA formally sought its position.
UEFA investigators decided in June 2023 that Barcelona would not face punishment at that stage, allowing the club to continue competing in European competitions.
A Spanish court has also investigated the case since 2023, with those criminal proceedings still ongoing.
