The full record

The research record's original 25-section structure, preserved for auditability alongside — not instead of — the case files. Every claim, source and entity elsewhere on this site traces back to one of these sections.

1. §1Executive research status
2. §2Document audit, provenance chain, and the Stage 1 / Stage 2 recovery
3. §3Schema and classification-vocabulary reconciliation
4. §4Master chronological coverage map
5. §5Named-entity directory: people
6. §6Named-entity directory: organizations, corporate vehicles and public bodies
7. §7Organization and relationship map
8. §8Financial-flow maps
9. §9Origins, GHD diagnosis, treatment and financing
10. §10Medical-regulatory and anti-doping analysis
11. §11Eligibility, nationality and the Spain question
12. §12Barcelona formation, La Masia and the 2005–06 licence dispute
13. §13Argentina NT and tournaments to 2015; disputed officiating incidents
14. §14AFA institutional history, Grondona and FIFA-Gate
15. §15The 2016 retirement and return; the Infantino chronology
16. §16The Negreira matter
17. §17The Mateu Lahoz classification
18. §18Barcelona's institutional and commercial rise
19. §19Messi's Spanish tax case — a separate matter
20. §20Award and voting controversies
21. §21Tournament officiating 2018–2022; the Qatar penalty matrix; the Battle of Lusail
22. §22Inter Miami, MLS and the Leagues Cup
23. §23The 2025 Club World Cup host berth
24. §24AFA/TourProdEnter, reported U.S. financial scrutiny, and the 2026 World Cup
25. §25Merged rumor and unverified-claim register