Barcelona, May 13 -- Following Real Madrid president Florentino Perez's press conference, where he alleged that Barcelona paid former vice-president of the Spanish Referees' Committee, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, hefty money from 2001-2018, the newly-crowned La Liga champions have said that their legal department is "carefully examining his declarations and accusations".

Following his side's loss to arch-rivals Barcelona, which helped the Blaugrana defend their La Liga title, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez went on an angry rant against referees in the competition, accusing them of stealing "18 points" during this season.

Perez said that Madrid's 14-point deficit, with three matches still left, was not due to their own on-field...