Barcelona Club President Joan Laporta, regarding the allegations that the prosecutor’s office paid the referees who were expected to file a criminal complaint, “We neither bought an arbitrator nor attempted to do so.” said.
Speaking at a session held in Barcelona, where he was a guest, Laporta responded to the investigations launched after it was revealed that the Barcelona Club had paid Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, the former Vice-President of the Referee Technical Board, through the company he owned, to collect information about the referees, and to the allegations that put his club under suspicion. gave.
Saying that he does not know Negreira, Laporta said, “Barcelona has never tried to buy a referee. We have neither bought a referee nor attempted to do so. It certainly did not happen. Barcelona will come out of these claims unscathed.” he said.
Reminding that the LaLiga institution, which is affiliated with the 1st and 2nd football leagues in Spain, signed an agreement with the CVC investment company for 50 years of live broadcast rights, Laporta said that Barcelona and Real Madrid did not approve this, and then LaLiga and CVC. He claimed that he was trying to control Barcelona.
TRANSFER STUDIES
Referring to the words of LaLiga President Javier Tebas that Barcelona will not be able to transfer this summer due to economic problems, Laporta expressed that they want to buy a winger, a defender and a striker even though they have limited resources.
On the other hand, the Spanish media claimed that the prosecutor’s office carrying out an investigation into the Barcelona Club, which was found to have paid a total of 7 million euros to the company of former Referee Technical Board Negreira between 2001-2018, has completed its work, and that a legal initiative will be initiated to file a lawsuit against the Catalan club on corruption charges.