The Negreira case is being heard at the High Court of Barcelona, in which the Barcelona and, among others, its former president, Bartomeu.
The “Blaugrana” face very serious accusations of scam and corruption in footballbut also for forgery of commercial documents.
In addition, Barcelona are in the… crosshairs because of the multi-millions they allegedly paid the Spanish former referee and member of the arbitration committee of the country, Enrique Negreira.
As the Prosecutor’s Office points out, Negreira from the position he had could take actions to favor Barcelona with selection of the referees who would whistle its gamesand consequently to influence the results of its matches.
Payments from Barcelona to Negreira were made through his two companies, thus receiving almost 3 million euros during the four-year period 2014-2018 (7 million in total from 2001 to 2018), while when Negreira resigned as vice-president of the arbitration committee, Barcelona’s payments stopped at the same time.
It remains to be seen how this whole situation will develop, with the Catalans in danger very heavy punishmentsone of which and exclusion from European competitionsin case they are finally convicted.
Source: Sport Fm
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