THE CLUB WILL TAKE LEGAL ACTIONS
Barça pronounces itself before the information about alleged payments to referees
Published:15/02/2023 - 12:59h
Updated:15/02/2023 - 12:59h
Through an official statement published on its website, FC Barcelona has come out to clarify the situation regarding payments to former referee Enríquez Negreira, which had been disseminated and taken out of context by 'Cadena SER'
Through an official communiqué, the FC Barcelona has fixed his posture on the information spread by the 'Chain BE' and the newspaper 'ACE' on the outlay of little more than 1,3 million euros to the ex referee José María Enríquez Negreira between the years 2016 and 2018 by means of the company DASNIL 95 SL by concept of advice, fact that is being investigated in front of what supposes a possible case of corruption between individuals.
In the communiqué, the club sustains that it is to the so much of the averiguaciones on the case and explains in what consisted these consultancys, warning that these had like object the preparation of reports on footballers of inferior categories: "The FC Barcelona hired in the happened the services of a consultor technical external, the one who supplied, in format video, technical reports referred to players of inferior categories of the Spanish State for the technical office of the Club".
This, to his time, had been expanded with information concerning the referee's work, indicating that it treats of something entirely normal in the world of the football and signals that this work recae on a member of the Area of Football: "Incidentally, the relation with the own external provider expanded with technical reports related with the professional arbitration to end to complement information required by the technical body of the first team and of the filial, an usual practice in the clubs of professional football. At present, this type of services externalizados recae in a professional ascribed to the Area of Football".
Of equal way, from the Barcelona institution have considered inopportune that this information have gone out to the light of this way, precisely when the team of Xavi Hernández is living one of his best moments along the present season: "The FC Barcelona regrets that this information appear precisely in the best sportive moment of the present season".
The Barça will take actions
Finally, the communiqué of the club informs that there will be legal actions against of those who try to damage the image of the entity, altering the information, as in this case that the same club has gone out to clear: "The FC Barcelona will undertake legal actions against the one who spoil the image of the Club with possible contrary insinuations to the reputation of the entity that can produce as a result of these informations".