Barca face severe accusation against them
Barca have been accused of making payments of approximately €1.4 million to a company owned by former vice president of La Liga referees. His name is Jose Maria Enriquez Negreia.
Barcelona have been accused after Cadena Ser released several documents about the payments on Wednesday. The accusations say that the club was paying from 2016-2018 to the referee company.
Negreia was vice-president from 1994 to 2018. After 2018 elections were made and Negreia doesn’t form part of the governing party.
Barca’s president at the time was Josep Maria Bartomeu which were one of the best years of the club. From February 14, 2016 to March 1, 2018 Barca weren’t given a penalty against them.
FC Barcelona statements
“In the past FC Barcelona hired the services of an external consultant that supplied the club’s technical secretaries with reports in video format of youth players from other clubs in Spain,”
“FC Barcelona is sorry that this information has been released precisely when the team has hit its best form of the season.”
“FC Barcelona shall be taking legal actions against those who are trying to tarnish the club’s image with possible insinuations against its good reputation that could be caused by the release of such information.”
Spanish Football Federation statement
“The Technical Committee of Referees regrets the behaviors that may be likely to violate the ethics of the estate. No active arbitrator or member of the CTA bodies may carry out any work that is likely to enter into a conflict of interest.”
Th club isn’t likely to get a punishment. Even if they do it wouldn’t come this season. Unless there’s proof that they received preferential treatment no actions can be taken.
If they get punished they will be facing similar sanctions as Manchester City if found guilty in their case. It’s not sure how many they can get but some of the most probable are:
- Relegation from La Liga
- Monetary sanctions
- Points deductions
This are just some of the sections that are possible.
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