{"id":254574,"date":"2023-03-10T23:19:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T22:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=254574"},"modified":"2023-03-10T23:19:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T22:19:32","slug":"barcelona-face-corruption-charges-over-referee-payments-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/10\/barcelona-face-corruption-charges-over-referee-payments-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona face corruption charges over referee payments scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors in Spain have confirmed that they have filed corruption charges against Barcelona and two of the LaLiga club\u2019s ex-presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu.<\/p>\n<p>The charges are related to payments made to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, the former vice president of the refereeing committee.<\/p>\n<p>Negreira\u2019s company was paid almost \u20ac7million from Barca from 2001 to 2018.<\/p>\n<p>They stand accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/17\/nigerias-problem-not-corruption-gov-ikpeazu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corruption<\/a> in sport, corruption in business, false administration and the falsification of commercial documents.<\/p>\n<p>Rosell was Barcelona president from 2010 to 2014 and was replaced by Bartomeu.<\/p>\n<p>Bartomeu then resigned in 2020 after six years at the helm, with Joan Laporta eventually elected as his replacement in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Barca insist the payments were for \u201ctechnical reports on refereeing\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors in Spain have confirmed that they have filed corruption charges against Barcelona and two of the LaLiga club\u2019s ex-presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu. 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