In a document presented to anti-corruption authorities in Barcelona, the official claimed he had been asked by a senior referee to make calls that would benefit hosts Real at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on November 21.

Sports lawyer Jacinto Vicente Hernandez has subsequently chosen to take the information to the police and these latest questions surrounding match fixing in Spain come at a time when Ángel María Villar Llona, President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation since 1988, is facing being banned from football following investigations by FIFA’s Ethics Committee.

"It is news that continues to surprise us and isn't nice to see, so I hope it is fully investigated to avoid any risk to our football," said Enrique.

Due to the anonymous nature, and the fact that the referee for the fixture will not be announced until a week in advance, the allegations have been met with some scepticism in Spain.

Real coach Rafael Benítez has deemed the claims "not serious" but Enrique said he believes "anything can happen" in Spain.

"Referees already have a difficult enough job without adding more fuel to the fire," he added.

"What seems logical and licit to me is that it is fully investigated to see if it is true or if it is something that someone has invented."

In October 2013, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, which represents the 42 clubs who play in the top two divisions in Spain, signed an agreement with the International Centre for Sport Security to help tackle the problem of match fixing and ensure the integrity of the game in the country. 

A lawsuit is still ongoing though after public prosecutor Alejandro Luzón filed charges with the courts in Valencia in last December, accusing 41 people of fixing a game between Real Zaragoza and Levante in May 2011, which the former won 2-1 to preserve their place in Spain’s top flight.

On the eve of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Lord Triesman, head of the English Football Association, resigned his post after a recording surfaced of him speaking about how Spanish football authorities were attempting to bribe referees in the upcoming tournament. 

It could lead to lifetime bans or prison sentences for those involved, and with the probe into Villar Llona also ongoing there are troubling issues for Spanish football to address.

Both Villar, the acting UEFA President, and German World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer were publicly named as being under investigation on Wednesday (October 21) by the Ethics Committee, although exact details of the cases were not revealed.

The 65-year-old, winner of 22 caps for Spain during a career spent largely with Athletic Bilbao, had been tasked with stepping in as interim head of European football’s governing body following Michel Platini’s 90-day suspension for involvement in an alleged "disloyal payment" made by current FIFA President Sepp Blatter to the Frenchman of CHF 2 million (£1.3 million/$2.1 million/€1.8 million) for work he carried out for the organisation between 1998 and 2002.

Real Madrid have yet to comment on the match-fix claims.



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