Bartomeu acknowledges that the payments were only for arbitration reports

The payment of almost 1,5 millions to the company of the ex referee Enríquez Negreira by part of the FC Barcelona has lit the controversy, but from the Barcelona club have indicated that simply it treats of an attack to the image of the club in a moment sportive very positive for the entity. Now, Josep Maria Bartomeu, president of the culés between 2016 and 2018 (moment of the payments), has given his version on these facts.

The ex president said that "all the clubs need analysis of parties from the referee's point of view" and east has been the reason for the contracting of the company of the one who went the vice-president of the Committee of Referees. Likewise Bartomeu admitted that the Barça had these reports of regular way and that it was a practice that made from 2001, when Joan Gaspart was the president of the club.

As it explains 'Mark', the ex director of the Barça ensures that in the first stage of Joan Laporta like president of the entity, as well as with Rosell, continued with this modality to be able to have said referee's reports. Bartomeu equally wanted to clear that during his mandate took the decision to conclude with this service in a moment in which the club began with a reduction of costs.

The information signals that said reports were of each party of League and Glass that contested the first team, in addition to the filial, where analysed the played from the referee's point of view and also the form to direct of each referee. Said reports distributed between the trainers of each team so that they could take out the conclusions that believed timely.

It will be necessary to check

Already with the official communiqué of the Barça, and the words of Laporta, is opened an investigation by part of the Fiscalía to know why the Barcelona club paid by this service or if the cost was not justified, después that the own Enríquez Negreira mentioned that he did not do at all with regard to these allocations.