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Disgraced former president Josep Maria Bartomeu claimed that payments were made legitimately and then later finished as part of cost cuts. An official Barca ...

"The CTA wants to make it clear that Mr Enriquez Negreira has not been part of any federative structure since 2018," read a Comite Tecnico de Arbitro (CTA), which is responsible for refereeing in Spain, statement. It is not a coincidence." In the club's organization chart it is in the department of football with full normality. I want to communicate that any tendentious interpretation that insinuates things that are not right will receive a proportional and adequate response from the club. "Along with this, this same external consultant gave refereeing advice, which is very usual at the big clubs, as has always been done. Barcelona regrets that this information appeared just at the best sporting moment of the present season.

La Liga president Javier Tebas says Barcelona won't be facing punishments over payments that they made to a refereeing administrator.

An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also been to the FA Cup and League Cup finals for FFT and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. You will receive a verification email shortly. “We’ll see how the investigation turns out.” Get the best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. Mark White has been a staff writer on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, writing pieces for both online and the magazine. La Liga boss Javier Tebas says the time has passed to punish Barcelona

Caso Negreira has dominated Spanish football over the past couple of days. The situation refers to Barcelona paying Dasnil 95, a company headed by ...

[confirmed](https://www.football-espana.net/2023/02/16/ex-barcelona-president-josep-maria-bartomeu-confirms-payments-to-company-of-vp-of-referees) allegations that the club had used Negreira’s company, but for totally legitimate and legal reasons. [Barcelona](https://www.football-espana.net/category/la-liga/barcelona) are punished by the courts, but their charge towards the La Liga title this season appears to be safe for the time being. [paying](https://www.football-espana.net/2023/02/16/ex-barcelona-president-josep-maria-bartomeu-confirms-payments-to-company-of-vp-of-referees) Dasnil 95, a company headed by Vice-President of Referees Enriquez Negreira, €1.4m to receive scouting services and verbal reports from 2016 to 2018.

Karim Benzema netted two penalties as Real Madrid breezed to a 4-0 win over Elche on Wednesday to cut the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona back to eight ...

Ballon d’Or holder Benzema sent another good chance wide after the break and was unable to complete his hat-trick as Ancelotti brought him off in the 77th minute. The French forward’s header was handled by Enzo Roco in the area after half an hour and Benzema sent Badia the wrong way from the spot. It was Madrid’s second trophy of the season, after the European Super Cup, but if they are to add La Liga to their haul they have a big job on their hands.

Following their defeat to Mallorca 10 days ago, and subsequent victories for Barcelona against Sevilla and Villarreal, Real Madrid found themselves 11 points ...

[Real Madrid](https://www.football-espana.net/category/la-liga/real-madrid) travel to face Mallorca in their next La Liga fixture on Saturday evening, before heading to England to face Liverpool in the first round of their Champions League last 16 tie next Tuesday. Enzo Roco handled into his own box, which gave Karim Benzema the opportunity to score from 12 yards, which he did with an emphatic Marco Asensio got the ball rolling after just nine minutes.

Barcelona will not face sporting sanctions for their alleged illicit payment of referees, but La Liga President Javier Tebas slammed the club's ethics.

However, a criminal investigation might be possible, and they will await the results of that while still dealing with their separate The Catalan club will not face any sporting sanctions. In total, Barcelona shelled out around €1.6 million, according to [El Mundo](https://www.elmundo.es/deportes/2023/02/15/63ed3ff5fc6c8319228b45d5.html). THE BIGGER PICTURE: Barcelona's sporting integrity has been called into question as they shelled out a hefty sum to an individual so closely associated with the day-to-day refereeing in La Liga. Five years have gone by and [the period in which to hand out] these types of sanctions expires after three years." Tebas suggested that the club