Negreira refereeing case: Judge believes evidence points to ‘systemic corruption’ in favor of FC Barcelona
The magistrate found that the club would not have been paying the referee millions of dollars since 2001 ‘if it did not benefit them’
Enríquez Negreira and FC Barcelona: A corrupt referee or a conman?
Former referees and commentators say that the ex-vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees had no power to influence match officials
FC Barcelona received profile of match officials before each domestic fixture
Witnesses tell prosecutors that a company belonging to ex-vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees, José María Enríquez Negreira, delivered a report and a DVD ahead of Barça and Barça B games
FC Barcelona paid €1.4 million over three years for alleged reports on referees
Spanish prosecutors are investigating the origin of payments the club made to a company owned by José María Enríquez Negreira, who was vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees until 2018
Police arrest the former president of FC Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu
Officers also searched the soccer club’s offices, and have detained another three figures alleged to be involved in a scheme to smear players and rivals on social media known as ‘Barçagate’