RUM-NEG-003

Not independently verified: Payments began under president Josep Lluís Núñez (1990s), before 2001.

Classification: Not independently verifiedStatus: Reported — single source

Why the claim spread

Originator
Statements by former Barça presidents/directors (Bartomeu).
First identified
2023-02
Basis claimed
Participant recollection.

What the record establishes

  • Recollection that the relationship "empezó bajo el mandato de José Luis Núñez".

What the record does not support

  • No accounting records for any pre-2001 payment.
  • Investigators suspect but cannot prove an earlier start; the first documented payment is 2001.
Independent sources:
1
Total references:
1

Established wire or investigative reporting

Evolución del caso Negreira desde su aparición en escena

EFE (via Yahoo Noticias) · 2023-02-22

RetrievedLanguage: esIndependent source
vicepresidente del Comité Técnico de Árbitros (CTA) entre 1994 y 2018
Translationvice-president of the CTA between 1994 and 2018[Claude translation]

Supports

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Also carries the early chronology and the final-year payment figures.

Canonical safe wording

The first documented payment dates from 2001. Former club officials have recalled an earlier start under Josep Lluís Núñez, but no accounting record supports it and investigators established no figure for any earlier period.

Never state

  • The payments began under Núñez in the 1990s

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