Exactly one month after Barcelona threatened legal action against Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez, the Catalans confirmed they took the initial steps to sue the Spaniard for slander.
Pérez fanned the flames of the volatile rivalry between the two clubs during his head-turning emergency press conference back on May 12, when he once again accused the defending Spanish champions of bribing former vice president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) refereeing committee José María Enríquez Negreira.
