Ceferin has previously described the Negreira case as one of the most serious situations he has seen in football since his involvement in the sport began in 2023. While European football’s governing body had paused its own investigation to allow Spanish judicial processes to take place, the arrival of Madrid’s dossier puts the matter back at the top of the agenda in Switzerland.
Recent meetings between Perez, Ceferin and FIFA president Gianni Infantino are now seen as strategic groundwork for this formal submission.
Despite the pressure from the capital, UEFA has yet to indicate whether it has the legal capacity or the will to retrospectively strip domestic titles. However, the governing body has remained “vigilant” and notably never closed its file on the Catalan club.
