Barcelona threatened by former vice president of referees with burofax after suspending payments: Reports

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Joan Laporta defends Barcelona against the accusations, suggests a campaign against the club

The president said that “it is striking that this information comes out at a time when Barcelona is doing well.” He says they will take steps to defend the club’s ‘honour’.

Barça stopped making payments to the company owned by Negreira, DASNIL 95 SL, after June 2018 once Negreira ceased to be vice president of the CTA.

The former vice president of Spanish Arbitration Committee (CTA), José Maria Enriquez Negreirathreatened to sue the Barcelona in 2019 after the Catalan club stopped paying his company, according to a burofax document published this Friday by the newspaper The world.

negreira is being investigated by the Spanish prosecutor for receiving at least 1.6 million euros from the Barça between 2016 and 2018 for consulting work.

The world has revealed the burofax, which negreira sent in February 2019 to the then president of the Barça, Josep Maria Bartomeu, threatening to reveal alleged wrongdoing at the club unless their relationship resumed.

Barça stopped making payments to the company owned by negreiraDASNIL 95 SL, after June 2018 once negreira ceased to be vice president of the CTA.

Barça stopped making payments to the company owned by Negreira, DASNIL 95 SL.EFE

According to The world, Barça paid a total of 6.65 million euros no business tax negreirapayments that go back to 2001 when Joan Gaspart was president of the club.

Subsequent club presidents reportedly continued those payments and even increased the amount.

On Wednesday, the barca said in a statement that the service contracted to the company negreiraamong other things, was for “technical reports related to professional arbitration” and that this practice was common in soccer.

The president of LaLiga, Javier Tebashe responded on Thursday, saying the club will not face sporting sanctions for Negreira’s revelations because statutes of limitations in Spain only allow clubs to be punished within three years of any offence.

Regarding the accusations, the former president of the Barcelona Josep María Bartomeu said to The vanguard: “It is false and absurd to think that we pay any referee”.

ESPN He asked Bartomeu to comment on Friday about the alleged threats of negreira reported in The world.