(Football news) The clubs updated some clauses in the collective bargaining agreement with the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) during the Extraordinary Assembly held today at LaLiga, extending the agreement’s validity from 2024 to 2026. This action demonstrates that LaLiga and its clubs can reach agreements with other significant players in the industry when they are reasonable and work to raise the standard and level of competition in football. In a contemporary trade union context, free from the disputes of the past, and with the goal of enhancing player circumstances for the benefit of the calibre and competitiveness of football, the partnership with AFE is expanding and will evolve.

The teams in the conference voiced their concern about the Negreira case’s aftermath and the current refereeing situation, both of which have a negative impact on Spanish football’s reputation. In addition, they denounced the grave allegations contained in the most recent RFEF news statement and expressed shock that the Spanish Professional Football Refereeing Association might hold such a view.

During the discussion, the majority of the clubs agreed that finding answers to the issues with the refereeing system’s operation was required, and that the best course of action would be to get closer to the models that were developed in England and Germany years ago. In these arrangements, an organisation or business established outside the federation is used to ensure the impartiality and openness of referee selection. In Spain, people think it should be taken into account to accommodate players through the AFE Footballers’ Union.

Clubs want our refereeing to be of a higher calibre and to generally appease the spectators. In order to address the officiating situation in professional football and to determine the most effective solutions, they call on the RFEF, the Technical Committee of Referees, and the AFE Footballers’ Union to convene talks.

There was also discussion of the Negreira affair, in which the majority of the clubs said that Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, had not provided any clarification of the facts in his remarks made both at the meeting this day and in previous days.

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