{"id":98410,"date":"2023-09-28T11:25:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T11:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=98410"},"modified":"2023-09-28T11:25:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T11:25:57","slug":"barcelona-charged-with-bribery-as-spanish-champions-face-champions-league-ban-over-referee-payments-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/sport\/barcelona-charged-with-bribery-as-spanish-champions-face-champions-league-ban-over-referee-payments-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona 'charged with BRIBERY' as Spanish champions face Champions League ban over referee payments | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
BARCELONA could be banned from the Champions League after being charged with allegedly bribing referees.<\/p>\n
Back in March, SunSport reported the Catalan giants could be axed from Europe's elite competition if they are found guilty.<\/p>\n
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Now Spanish outlet El Debate are reporting that judge Joaquin Aguirre has accused Barcelona of bribery.<\/p>\n
This relates to \u00a36million in payments to Jose Maria Enruquez Negreira – former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees.<\/p>\n
Ex-Barcelona presidents Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell have both been charged, along with Negreira and his son Javier Enriquez Romero.<\/p>\n
The LaLiga champions are accused of breaching a law which bans officials from receiving reward for their performances of public duties.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court have classified Negreira as an individual who was performing a public function.<\/p>\n The charges allege that Negreira was given cash through a shell company set up by ex-Barcelona director Josep Contreras.<\/p>\n It is also alleged Contreras earned 50 per cent commission from this transaction.<\/p>\n Former ref Alberto Gimenez has also accused Negreira of labelling him a "chicken" in a "secret match-fixing meeting".<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n FREE BETS – BEST BETTING OFFERS AND BONUSES NEW CUSTOMERS<\/strong><\/p>\n He told RadioMarca: "Negreira pressured me. He met me with other referees and told me: 'Hey chicken, be careful with what you say on television. You already understand me. Be careful'.<\/p>\n "There is a formula for fixing matches. It\u2019s a fool\u2019s trap: I\u2019m a friend of 'such and such' who will support you, you give me so much and I\u2019ll fix it for you.<\/p>\n "If the result is negative, the money is returned. If he wins, he is marked for life. If he loses and returns the money, he has another chance."<\/p>\n LaLiga president Javier Tebas previously urged Barca president Laporta to explain the situation.<\/p>\n The club's vice-president, Rafael Yuste, then claimed they had hired a law firm to begin an investigation.<\/p>\n Yuste also claimed the payments to Negreira's Dasnil company ended in 2018.<\/p>\n One of the potential punishments for Barcelona includes a Champions League ban.<\/p>\n The Spanish side have not won the competition since 2015 and were eliminated in the group stage in each of the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<\/picture>RETURN OF THE MAC <\/span><\/p>\n
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