Barcelona have been charged with bribery after being accused of paying an arbitration body, which the club claims is 'an external technical consultant'
Barcelona faces corruption charges
Barcelona faces corruption charges
Barcelona are facing corruption allegations related to payments the club made to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, the former vice-chairman of Spain's arbitration commission.
Last month, it was discovered that the Catalan side had paid Negreira and the company he owned a total of 8.4 million euros (£7.4 million) between 2001 and 2018. On Friday, a court The court of Barcelona has been informed that the LaLiga club, former officials and Negreira have been indicted for 'corruption', 'breach of trust' and 'forged business documents'.
Lawsuits have been purchased against the club as well as former presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell. The prosecution said:
“FC Barcelona has reached and maintains a strictly confidential oral agreement with Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira to, as vice-chairman of the Technical Arbitration Committee (CTA) and in exchange for money, the latter execute take actions in favor of FC Barcelona. in the arbitrator's decisions.
It comes just days after Joan Laporta, the current president of Camp Nou, denied that Barcelona ever paid referees. He told reporters:
"We have a press conference where we will talk about this. Barcelona never buy referees and Barcelona never intended to buy referees - absolutely never.
"The force of truth contradicts those who are trying to change history. We are doing well again, nothing is accidental. There is a campaign to damage Barcelona's interests. It was a campaign to control the club. La Liga does not accept that Barcelona did not sign CVC."
LaLiga CEO Javier Tebas said last month that Laporta would have to quit if he could not explain the payments, which was first revealed by Ser Catalunya radio station. An investigation has been launched by the tax authorities against the company Dasnil 95 de Negreira.
The club was caught paying the referee
The club was caught paying the referee
Barcelona agreed to pay the company, described as an "external technical consultant", who produced the reports "for the purpose of completing the information requested by the coaching staff".
The Catalan team is currently at the top of La Liga, 8 points ahead of rival and defending champion Real Madrid. This was due to a major recruitment drive this summer, which also saw the club come under fire due to their high debts.
Barcelona and Tebas have also recently come into conflict, with the club blaming him for failing to keep Lionel Messi, who joined PSG for free at the end of his contract. LaLiga wage laws mean they cannot stay within the imposed wage limits.
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