{"id":287267,"date":"2023-02-17T16:13:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/?p=287267"},"modified":"2024-06-10T12:07:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T10:07:56","slug":"fresh-twists-probes-as-barca-deal-with-ex-ref-company-under-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/latest-news\/2023-02-17\/fresh-twists-probes-as-barca-deal-with-ex-ref-company-under-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh twists, probes as Bar\u00e7a deal with ex-ref company under spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Madrid, Feb 17 (EFE).- FC Barcelona was on Friday finding itself increasingly engulfed in a scandal over payments it made to a company linked to the former deputy head of Spain\u2019s referees as new twists and turns in the story came to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Media scrutiny was piled on the Catalan club following reports this week that prosecutors in Barcelona had opened a corruption probe into payments totaling 1.4 million euros that the club made between 2016-18 to DASNIL 95 SL, a company belonging Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Enr\u00edquez Negreira, who at the time was the vice-president of the Spain\u2019s referee committee (CTA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Cadena SER, which initially broke the news, reported that the payments stopped in the year that Negreira left the committee during a handover of power.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SPAIN-BARCELONA-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SPAIN-BARCELONA-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SPAIN-BARCELONA-1-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SPAIN-BARCELONA-1-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SPAIN-BARCELONA-1-420x286.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A file image of FC Barcelona&#8217;s offices in Barcelona, Spain. EFE\/Alejandro Garc\u00eda<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Bar\u00e7a did not deny the relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>In a statement Wednesday, the club acknowledged that it received technical reports on refereeing as part of the deal, which it insisted was above board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cThis is a common practice among professional football clubs,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cFC Barcelona regrets that this information has been released precisely when the team has hit its best form of the season,\u201d it said, adding that it would be taking \u201clegal action against those who are trying to tarnish the club&#8217;s image with possible insinuations against its good reputation that could be caused by the release of such information.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Spain\u2019s football federation (RFEF) said on Thursday that its integrity department had requested information from the heads of the CTA, which is part of the RFEF, and from FC Barcelona as part of the probe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The chances of Bar\u00e7a facing sporting sanctions over the deal appear slim, however, given that the statute of limitations in Spanish sporting law is three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cIt\u2019s clear from what we\u2019re seeing and what we\u2019ve seen in the media that these services should never have been provided,\u201d Javier Tebas, the president of LaLiga, Spain\u2019s top-flight, said in a video Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cThere is talk about whether this could lead to sporting sanctions or not, and we need to clarify from the beginning. We have already studied it and it is not possible for there to be disciplinary sporting sanctions because five years have elapsed between \u201818 and \u201823,\u201d Tebas said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Corruption or match-fixing charges pursued through Spain\u2019s penal code as part of the current investigation being carried out by the Barcelona prosecutors would be another matter, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cWe will see how this investigation ends,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SPAIN-BARCELONA-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SPAIN-BARCELONA-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SPAIN-BARCELONA-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SPAIN-BARCELONA-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SPAIN-BARCELONA-2-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A file image of LaLiga president Javier Tebas in Madrid, Spain. . EFE\/Fernando Alvarado<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Conservative daily El Mundo reported Thursday that Negreira threatened to unleash the scandal on the club in 2019, a year after the payments to his company stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cI have the firm intention of filing a complaint before the Courts, which will surely have negative consequences,\u201d he wrote in a bureaufax addressed to Bar\u00e7a\u2019s erstwhile president Josep Maria Bartomeu that was obtained by the newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cUntil now I have not started these actions precisely to avoid serious consequences in the hope of reaching a proper <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">understanding in relation to my claim, since I do not believe that another scandal will favor the club, much less Mr. (former Bar\u00e7a president Sandro) Rosell,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The fallout of the controversy has elicited comments from Spanish sporting and political personalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Villarreal manager Quique Seti\u00e9n, who was briefly Barcelona manager in 2020, said Friday that over the years he learned that it was difficult to change the \u201crotten things\u201d in football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\u201cIn this sport there are a lot of people who have never kicked a ball and who have benefited from it to a level beyond their means. We all know that where there is money, (there are) people who are interested and a lot of corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Spain\u2019s prime minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez, when pressed on the matter during a trip to Slovenia, said he would wait to see what the RFEF probe dug up but bemoaned it took media reports to bring it to light. EFE<br>jt\/ks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madrid, Feb 17 (EFE).- FC Barcelona was on Friday finding itself increasingly engulfed in a scandal over payments it made to a company linked to the former deputy head of Spain\u2019s referees as new twists and turns in the story came to light. 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