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OFFICIAL STATEMENT

FC Barcelona pronounce on the review of their offices

Published:1/03/2021 - 14:36h

Updated:1/03/2021 - 18:18h

The Barça has issued a statement after the entrance and register of the Mossos d'Esquadra to the offices of the Camp Nou by investigations of the 'Barçagate'

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The FC Barcelona has confirmed, through an official communiqué in his social networks, the entrance and register of the offices of the Camp Nou by part of the Mossos d'Esquadra during the morning of this Monday, in research of new proofs and informations related to the controversial case of supposed defamation and desprestigio of some players of the club, the 'Barçagate'.

The Barcelona club has seen his installations taken part in this beginning of month, like part of the corresponding investigations to the 'Barçagate'. The review carried out in order of the headline of the Court of Instruction 13 of Barcelona and, in addition to the visit to the Camp Nou, stood out the arrest of four possible involved in the case: Josep María Bartomeu, ex president of the club, Òscar Grau, executive director of the Barcelona club, Román Gómez Ponti, responsible of the juridical services, and Jaume Masferrer, the one who was adviser of confidence of Bartomeu in the Barça.

In front of this situation, the FC Barcelona has issued an official communiqué detailing the facts that have taken place in the last hours. The entity azugrana published that "in front of the entrance and register of the body of Mossos this morning in the offices of the Camp Nou, in order of the headline of the Court of Instruction 13, of Barcelona, that instructs the case of the contracting of services of monitoring of the social networks, the FC Barcelona has offered his full collaboration to the judicial and police authority to clear the facts object of this investigation".

To his time, the Barcelona club has explained that "the information and the documentation required by the judicial police have circumscribed , strictly, to the relative facts to this case" and that wish to express his "maximum respect by the judicial procedure in course, and by the principle of presumption of innocence of the people affected in the frame of these performances".

Bartomeu and three possible involved, arrested persons

The FC Barcelona has been very escueto in his official communiqué regarding the arrest of Josep María Bartomeu, Òscar Grau, Román Gómez Ponti and Jaume Masferrer, but have highlighted that respect the principle of presumption of innocence of the affected, deprived of freedom while they carry out the investigations.

The supposed contracting of a company for desprestigiar to different members of the Barcelona surroundings, Leo Messi and Gerard Hammered between them, through the social networks, destapó during the past year and, since, the club has been under investigation. By the moment, according to the last informations, the posbles crimes are of disloyal administration and the one of corruption between individuals.