Barcelona charged with corruption over payments to a former vice-president of Spain's referees' committee.

[Mr Angry]

"Barcelona have been charged with corruption over payments the club made to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, a former vice-president of Spain's referees' committee.

Last month it emerged that Barca have paid Negreira and a company he owns a reported total of 8.4m euros (£7.4m) between 2001 and 2018.



A Barcelona court heard on Friday that Barca, former club officials and Negreira had been indicted for "corruption", "breach of trust" and "false business records".

These lawsuits, brought by the Barcelona public prosecutor's office, target the club, as well as former presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell.

La Liga chief executive Javier Tebas said last month that current president Joan Laporta should resign if he was unable to explain the payments.

Laporta responded by saying he will not give Tebas "what he'd like by stepping down" and the charges come three days after Laporta insisted his club had "never bought referees".

"Let it be clear Barca have never bought referees and Barca have never had the intention of buying referees, absolutely never," he said on Tuesday."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64918604

This is bribing refs on an industrial scale.........

[Winston Biscuit]

much chat about Barca and their dodgy ref payments in here


https://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=78643&start=4320

[Pepe the Horseman]

Title of the thread is a bit misleading.

[Green]

Title of the thread is a bit misleading.

It's the verbosity that got me.

[leon]

Title of the thread is a bit misleading.

It's the verbosity that got me.

Never mind, the quality etc

[Green]

Title of the thread is a bit misleading.

It's the verbosity that got me.

Never mind, the quality etc

If we held posters to account on that front we wouldn't have a forum left.

[South Coast Royal]

Barcelona were so good in that period you wouldn't have thought that they needed any help from referees.

[Orion1871]

The justification of the former presidents and former directors of Barça for the 'Negreira case': ''We paid in self-defense because the referees helped Real Madrid". Former officials ask for explanations and are answered: ''We hid it from you to protect you''.

[Mr Angry]

Title of the thread is a bit misleading.

That's the BBC for you.............................................

[Green]

Barcelona were so good in that period you wouldn't have thought that they needed any help from referees.

Chicken and egg stuff you could argue

[Orion1871]

Real Madrid have released a 4 minute documentary on RMTV in which serious accusations are made against Bengoetxea, who refereed the Clasico on the weekend. The club claims that they had to fight against 12 men the moment he was appointed as the referee and his arbitration future is secured by Barca.