Coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa has come out strongly in support of Florentino P\u00e9rez, backing the president\u2019s aggressive stance on the Negreira Case and refereeing scandals in Spanish football.<\/p>\n
In a clear and direct statement, Arbeloa said: \u201cWe all know what\u2019s been going on for more than twenty years. What we\u2019ve all seen is that the vice president of the refereeing committee was taking a bribe from one of the football clubs.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n He added: \u201cThis is illegal and makes no sense. It\u2019s unreasonable that Real Madrid is the only one defending the legitimacy of football.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Arbeloa, a Champions League winner with Real Madrid and a respected voice in Spanish football, publicly endorsed P\u00e9rez\u2019s claims that the club has been systematically disadvantaged by refereeing decisions linked to the long-running Negreira scandal.<\/p>\n His comments come just days after P\u00e9rez\u2019s explosive press conference, where the Real Madrid president accused Barcelona of corruption, claimed the club had been \u201crobbed\u201d of 18 points this season, and announced a dossier to UEFA.<\/p>\n Arbeloa\u2019s intervention adds weight to P\u00e9rez\u2019s recent comments. The former right-back, known for his honesty and loyalty to Real Madrid, emphasized that the Negreira Case is not just a Real Madrid issue \u2014 it affects the credibility of the entire Spanish league.<\/p>\n This backing contrasts sharply with criticism from La Liga president Javier Tebas, who accused P\u00e9rez of lying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa has come out strongly in support of Florentino P\u00e9rez, backing the president\u2019s aggressive stance on the Negreira\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":51931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51930,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51925\/revisions\/51930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Arbeloa: Real Madrid Must Fight for Fairness<\/h3>\n
Strong Support for P\u00e9rez\u2019s Campaign<\/h3>\n