Recent Real Madrid submission of a 50,000-page dossier has injected fresh momentum into UEFA’s ongoing Negreira investigation, opened in 2023 and never formally closed. UEFA confirmed receipt and stated its ethics inspectors will assess the materials—covering €8.4 million in payments to former referees’ vice-president José María Enríquez Negreira—as part of the existing review. Barcelona insists no new proceedings were launched and it has fully cooperated, while the parallel Spanish criminal probe nears conclusion by year-end ahead of a 2027 trial. UEFA holds independent authority under its disciplinary rules to impose sanctions such as a one-season European competition ban if influence on refereeing is established, independent of Spanish court outcomes.