Barcelona president Joan Laporta has claimed that each one funds made by the membership to an organization owned by a senior refereeing official have been for advisory issues and to not achieve any unlawful sporting benefit.Laporta mentioned an inside investigation performed by the membership didn’t present any wrongdoing within the ‘Negreira Case’ which he has mentioned was an orchestrated marketing campaign to discredit Barcelona.He accused the president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, of “making an attempt to wreck Barcelona’s status” and attacked rivals Actual Madrid, who’ve joined the prosecutor’s case in opposition to Barcelona, saying Actual had at all times been historicaly favoured by refereeing.Spanish prosecutors final month filed a criticism in opposition to Barcelona over funds of €7.3million (£6.45million) from 2001 to 2018 to corporations owned by Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira. Negreira was vice-president of the refereeing committee of the Spanish Soccer Affiliation from 1993 to 2018.A Barcelona courtroom has agreed to take the case. UEFA has additionally opened a proper investigation for a possible violation of the European governing physique’s authorized framework over the Negreira case.Learn MoreOn Monday, Laporta instructed a information convention that Barcelona, in its dealings with Negreira, had sought technical recommendation from “somebody who has had a profession in soccer”.“The recommendation doesn’t represent any form of misconduct or legal offence,” he mentioned.Standing in entrance of a field during which he mentioned that have been 629 technical stories, 43 CDs and 4 aditional stories, Laporta mentioned the skilled recommendation was made with transparency and that invoices registered in Barcelona’s accounting system had handed fiscal evaluations.“The Spanish Tax Division despatched a letter to the Prosecutor’s Workplace saying it couldn’t show that the funds to corporations associated to Mr. Negreira influenced the results of any match,” he mentioned.Laporta additionally urged UEFA to be truthful to Barcelona in its investigation. LaLiga instructed Reuters on Monday it might not subject any feedback relating to Laporta’s accusations, saying: “The Nergreira case must be absolutely investigated by the correct authorities.”Tebas mentioned in March that he had reported the case to UEFA as a result of no punishment might be handed down beneath Spanish sports activities regulation since three years had handed for the reason that alleged infringements.Reuters have requested Actual Madrid for touch upon Laporta’s remarks.