MADRID -- UEFA has received "a substantial amount of documents" from Real Madrid related to its ongoing inquiry into the Negreira case, European football's governing body said on Thursday.
Payments made by Barcelona to companies linked to José María Enriquez Negreira -- the former vice-president of Spain's Technical Committee of Referees -- over two decades have been subject to a UEFA investigation since 2023, while there is also an ongoing Spanish criminal case.
Barcelona have said the payments, which totaled over €7 million ($7.9m), were made for technical refereeing reports.
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"UEFA can confirm that it has received from Real Madrid CF a substantial amount of documents related to the ongoing investigation into FC Barcelona in the matter involving José María Enríquez Negreira," UEFA confirmed in a statement on Thursday.
"The UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary Inspectors have also received these latest documents which they will assess as part of their ongoing review."
Real Madrid have called for disciplinary action against Barcelona. Getty Real Madrid said the dossier included "extensive documentation and evidence regarding events of extraordinary seriousness, which directly affect the integrity of the competition and confidence in the refereeing system."
"Real Madrid C.F. considers it essential that, now that UEFA has this documentation, the investigation proceeds with the utmost urgency until its full conclusion, and that the competent bodies take the appropriate decisions in accordance with the severity of the verified facts," the club said.
"Our club will continue to actively collaborate with UEFA and take all actions within its power to clarify events that it deems incompatible with the principles of integrity, transparency, and fair play that should govern European football."
In May, Madrid president Florentino Pérez said that the club was gathering evidence to submit a dossier to UEFA.
Having previously adopted a conciliatory tone with Barcelona -- saying in 2024 that the two clubs "have to help each other" as they worked together on the proposed European Super League -- Pérez has since been extremely critical of his LaLiga rivals.
"They've stolen seven league [titles] from me," Pérez said in May.