Real Madrid appeared as a private prosecutor in the Negreira case. Now it could do the same with the line-up of Dani Olmo in the Spanish Super Cup final.
FC Barcelona secured the complicity of the CSD and benefited from a political decision that contravened the rules of the Federation and LaLiga.
Barça Plays with Cheating
Spanish clubs are up in arms. Nobody understands how Barça can participate in the competition cheating and with a rulebook adapted to them.
Barça submitted the documentation for Olmo and Pau Víctor late, and the regulations are clear in these cases. Olmo can't be registered twice by the same club in the same season.
Real Madrid has maintained a scrupulous silence on this matter. It has weighed the pros and cons of its intervention and has chosen to refrain from belligerence.
Florentino Won't Lift a Finger
Florentino Pérez won't lift a finger to claim in the offices what was lost on the field. Mainly because now, more than ever, he needs FC Barcelona's collaboration in his Super League project.
The white club will continue with its legal apparatus trying to clarify the Negreira scandal. However, it won't act ex officio to claim for yesterday's match to be repeated due to Dani Olmo's improper line-up. The Catalan player came on in the last minutes when the match already seemed solved for Barça.
This is what Florentino Pérez has agreed with Joan Laporta. It's a necessary evil that must be accepted. Although that doesn't mean the white president is enjoying a honeymoon with his Catalan counterpart.
What Laporta Seeks in Florentino
Another thing is that the interests in the Super League unite them. Florentino knows well that Laporta isn't seeking his company, but the money that the launch of the Super League can generate.
In fact, Florentino doesn't consider Joan Laporta a "colleague." He can't understand how the president of a club like Barça can go around making obscene gestures.