Spanish prosecutors are reportedly set to tell the courts that Barcelona have been complicit in corruption regarding their refereeing bribery scandal.
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According to El Pais, Spain's prosecuting office is set to appear in front of a magistrate to file a complaint in which the Blaugrana are accused of conducting "continued business corruption".
Last month, the same publication broke the news that the Catalan giants had been paying former vice-president of the Spanish football federation's Referee Technical Committee Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira millions of euros in exchange for information on match officials who were set to take charge of their games, among other things.
The LaLiga table-toppers are said to have received analysis reports and footage from Negreira's company highlighting referees' profiles and their patterns of decision-making.
The ex-Spanish referee chief has admitted that his company received €1.4 million (R27 million) a season from their arrangement with the club, but insisted this was not for providing Barca with reports on referees. Rather, he stated that it was for "technical advice to ensure that no controversial refereeing decisions went against Barcelona".
The allegations date back to the beginning of the century when Joan Gaspart was president of the club in 2001. His successors to the presidency Joan Laporta, Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu have also been implicated, with Bartomeu considered the main perpetrator of the bribe claims as the main offences are said to have occurred between 2016 and 2018.
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LaLiga president Javier Tebas has, however, suggested that the club will face no punishment for these actions as it has been three years since the offences are said to have been committed.
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