Barcelona is not going to obtain sporting sanctions after it was alleged that they paid the previous vice-president of Spain’s Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), over €1.4 million between 2016 to 2018.
That is in keeping with La Liga president Javier Tebas, who says that on “a sporting degree”, it’s not attainable to punish Barça, who have been led by president Josep Maria Bartomeu throughout this era, earlier than his resignation in October 2020, alongside along with his total board of administrators.
Former CTA vice-president Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira has advised Spain’s tax company, the Agencia Tributaria, that Barça paid him to make sure that “refereeing selections weren’t going to go in opposition to them,” whereas the membership themselves have defended this (opens in new tab) as asking for “technical experiences regarding skilled refereeing,” which they declare is “a standard follow amongst skilled soccer golf equipment”.
La Liga boss Javier Tebas says the time has handed to punish Barcelona
Tebas has responded to the allegations, stating that La Liga’s palms are tied from coping with Barcelona over the actions – however that, “these providers ought to by no means have been offered.”
“It gained’t be attainable for Barcelona to obtain disciplinary sanctions,” Tebas lamented. “5 years have passed by and these kind of sanctions expire after three years.”
The president advised, nonetheless, that legal costs could also be attainable to discover – even when Barcelona wouldn’t be docked factors.
“The prosecutor’s workplace is wanting into the details to see whether or not a match-fixing crime has been dedicated by people,” he confirmed. “We’ll see how the investigation seems.”
“We’re going to search out out from the CTA and the La Liga member on the referee-designation committee whether or not [Enríquez] Negreira had any affect on any appointment.
“On each an aesthetic and moral degree, this stuff can’t occur in Spanish soccer.”
Barcelona gained the Spanish league title in 2016 and 2018, ending second in 2017, as Actual Madrid accomplished a league and Champions League double.
