For three years, between 2016 and 2018, the Catalan club would have paid almost 1.4 million euros to a private company attributable to the manager of the Spanish whistles
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Abundantly leading in La Liga and on the eve of the Europa League big match with Manchester United, the Barcelona finds himself at the center of yet another storm. For three years, between 2016 and 2018, the Catalan club would have paid almost 1.4 million euros to a private company attributable to José María Enríquez Negreira, who at the material time was the vice president of the Technical Committee of the referees. As reported by the broadcaster Ser Catalunya, the investigation started following a tax audit of the same company, Dasnil 95 SL, of which there is only one shareholder, namely Negreira, concerning the taxation of those 1.4 million euros , And the Catalan prosecutor has opened an investigation.
The news was confirmed by the person concerned who however assured Ser that there has never been favorable treatment for the Blaugrana club and that these paymentsfor which he has not provided invoices, they were due to a consultancy jobwhich consisted of explaining to the players how they should behave during meetings with the referees and what they could or could not do depending on who was in charge.
A bolt from the blue on La Liga for which an answer was not long in coming Barcelona published a note in response, with its version of what happened: “Barcelona regrets that this information appears precisely in the best sporting moment of this season. The club will take legal action against anyone who damages the image of the Club with possible insinuations against the reputation of the entity that could derive from this information”.
To increase the dose in defense of Barca the president John Laporta: “On the part of Barcelona, any specious, tendentious interpretation that insinuates things that are not, will receive the proportionate and adequate response from the club. We reserve all actions that are necessary to defend honor and the interests of Barcelona”.
The former president of the club, Bartomeu, also spoke, assuring how relations had already existed since at least 2003 and payments were suspended due to “a policy of cutting”. The same version was confirmed by Sandro Rosell’s board of directors, while former vice president Joan Gaspart explained that these payments “are not recorded”.
