UEFA has confirmed it has received Real Madrid's documents on the Negreira case. The governing body said its ethics and disciplinary inspectors have also received the latest material and will examine it as part of the ongoing investigation. Real Madrid says the dossier totals 500 pages, and the club is pressing UEFA to move quickly.

UEFA's response to the dossier

The club's push has now crossed from public pressure into an official filing. Aleksander Ceferin, speaking through Estadio Deportivo, said UEFA can confirm receipt of "a substantial amount of documents" linked to the case involving José María Enríquez Negreira.

Real Madrid's own statement went further and said the complaint includes "abundant documentation and evidence" about facts it describes as of extraordinary gravity. The club wants the investigation to advance "with the maximum speed" until its complete conclusion.

UEFA has not announced any sanction and has not reached a final decision. What it has done is confirm that the paperwork is in its hands, and that its inspectors will look at it.

Why Madrid is pushing now

Florentino Pérez has framed the issue as one that cannot simply be brushed aside. He said, "We are making a dossier of 500 pages that we are going to present to UEFA. How are we going to forget it? The biggest corruption case in the history of football."

Madrid's public pressure lands while the team is still under sporting strain. It has won three of its last five matches, scored 11 goals in that run and conceded seven. In La Liga, it is fourth with 15 points after seven matches, while Barcelona are top with 21 points and have won all seven of their league games.

That gap in the table gives the dispute a sharper edge. Madrid are not talking from a position of calm distance, and Barcelona are doing the opposite of wobbling on the pitch, which only keeps the case in the headlines.

UEFA's inspectors now have the documents, and the next movement will come from that review rather than from Madrid's statements.

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