Barcelona under fire over payments to referee; prosecutors file corruption charges against ex-Barça presidents

Prosecutors accuse Barcelona of corruption in ref payments

Investigating judge to decide if accusations should lead to charges

FC Barcelona accused of corruption over ref committee payments

Prosecutors have formally accused Barcelona of corruption because of its payments of millions of euros over several years to a company that belonged to the vice president of Spain's football refereeing committee. The decision, made official on Friday, was reported this week by Spanish newspaper El País. An investigating judge will decide whether the accusations should lead to charges. Barcelona, which denies wrongdoing, has been under scrutiny s…

Barcelona under fire over payments to referee; prosecutors file corruption charges against ex-Barça presidents

Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira is accused of receiving over €7 million in payments to influence match results

LaLiga: Barcelona face corruption charges over referee payments scandal

Prosecutors in Spain have confirmed that they have filed corruption charges against Barcelona and two of the LaLiga club's ex-presidents Sandro Rosell and

Barcelona charged with corruption over payments to former referee official

Barcelona allegedly paid the former referee official more than £6m (Picture: Getty) Barcelona have been charged with corruption over payments made to a former referee official. The club allegedly paid over €7.3m (£6.4m) to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, who was the vice-president of Spain’s referees’ committee between 1993 and 2018. A Barcelona court heard on Friday that Barca, former club officials and Negreira had been indicted for ‘corruption’…

FC Barcelona face corruption charges over former referee payments

Barcelona, Spain, Mar 10 (EFE).- FC Barcelona were charged on Friday with corruption relating to payments the LaLiga club made to former referee José María Enríquez Negreira. A court said FC Barcelona, club officials including former presidents Jose Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, and Negreira – also a former vice-president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) – had been charged with crimes of corruption, breach of trust and false docu…