Barcelona facing corruption charges

CHARGES: Barcelona are facing charges relating to alleged payments to a former vice-president of the Spanish referees’ committee. Pic: Dave Thompson/PA

Barcelona and two of the club’s former presidents are facing corruption charges over alleged payments to a former vice-president of Spain’s referees’ committee.

Spanish prosecutors have filed a complaint after it was reported last month that between 2001 and 2018 Barcelona paid more than €7 million to companies owned by Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, who was vice-president of the Spanish FA’s refereeing committee from 1993 to 2018.