FC Barcelona: Public prosecutor reports ex-president for corruption

Payments to referee officials

In the affair involving millions of euros in payments from FC Barcelona to a former referee official, the public prosecutor’s office filed a complaint with a court on Friday on suspicion of corruption. The club had paid monies to former vice-president of the CTA Referees Committee, José María Enríquez Negreira. Investigators concluded that the amounts served to favor Barca in referee decision-making. This was announced by a judicial spokeswoman.

Between 2001 and 2018, the Catalans paid more than €7.3m. The ad is directed against Enríquez Negreira, the club and its former presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu and other ex-Barça officials.

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12 Robert Lewandowski | 22/23 for €45m from FC Bayern

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11 Jules Koundé | 22/23 for €50m from Sevilla FC

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10 Ferran Torres | 21/22 for €55m from Manchester City

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9 Raphina | 22/23 for €58m from Leeds United

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8 Miralem Pjanic | 20/21 for €60m from Juventus

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7 Zlatan Ibrahimovic | 09/10 for €69.5m from Inter

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6 Luis Suárez | 14/15 for €81.7m from Liverpool FC

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5 Frenkie de Jong | 19/20 for €86m from Ajax Amsterdam

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4 Neymar | 13/14 for €88m from FC Santos

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3 Antoine Griezmann | 19/20 for €120m from Atlético

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2 Philippe Coutinho | 17/18 for €135m from Liverpool FC

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Barcelona President Laporta: Paid advisory services ‘very normal’

The affair hits the Catalan club in a sportingly successful phase. Barça currently lead LaLga by nine points from champions and arch-rivals Real Madrid. Both representatives of the club and Enríquez Negreira have admitted the business connections, but at the same time denied the allegation of corruption. Barça’s current club president, Joan Laporta, said weeks ago that the club had used advisory services. But that was “very normal in football at the big clubs,” he asserted.

Enríquez Negreira was a referee in the first division of Spain between 1977 and 1992 and then vice-president of the CTA between 1994 and 2018. In an interview with the broadcaster “Cadena Ser”, the 77-year-old emphasized that as CTA Vice President he had never given FC Barcelona preferential treatment in any decision or referee appointment. His company Dasniel 95 SL verbally advised the club on how the players should behave depending on the referee.

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Justin Kluivert | Nice -> Valencia FC | Market value: €15 million

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In the gallery: Most valuable or most expensive signings of LaLiga clubs. Status: March 2023

Momo Cho | Angers -> Real Sociedad | Market value: €15 million

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Transfer fee: €11 million

Tanguy Nianzou | Bayern -> Sevilla FC | Transfer fee: €16 million

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Market value: €9 million

Luis Felipe | Lazio -> Real Betis | Market value: €16 million

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Brais Mendez | Celta -> Real Sociedad | Market value: €18 million

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Transfer fee: €14 million

Alex Telles | Man United -> Sevilla FC | Market value: €18 million

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Memphis Depay | FC Barcelona -> Atlético Madrid | Market value: €20 million

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Transfer fee: €3 million

Hector Bellerin | Arsenal -> FC Barcelona | Market value: €20 million

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Nico Gonzalez | FC Barcelona -> FC Valencia | Market value: €20 million

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Umar Sadiq | Almeria -> Real Sociedad | Transfer fee: €20 million

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Market value: €18 million

Nahuel Molina | Udinse -> Atlético Madrid | Market value: €20 million

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Transfer fee: €20 million

Viktor Tsygankov | Dynamo Kyiv -> FC Girona | Market value: €22 million

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Transfer fee: €5 million

Giovani Lo Celso | Tottenham -> Villarreal | Market value: €22 million

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Raúl de Tomas | Espanol -> Rayo Vallecano | Market value: €25 million

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Transfer fee: €8 million

Sergio Reguilón | Tottenham -> Atlético Madrid | Market value: €25 million

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Andreas Christensen | Chelsea -> FC Barcelona | Market value: €35 million

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Antonio Ruediger | Chelsea -> Real Madrid | Market value: €40 million

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Robert Lewandowski | Bayern -> FC Barcelona | Market value: €45 million

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Transfer fee: €45 million

Franck Kessie | Milan -> FC Barcelona | Market value: €45 million

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Raphinha | Leeds -> FC Barcelona | Transfer fee: €58 million

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Market value: €45 million

Jules Koundé | Sevila FC -> Barcelona FC | Market value: €60 million

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Transfer fee: €50 million

Aurélien Tchouameni | Monaco -> Real Madrid | Transfer fee: €80 million

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Market value: €60 million

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