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The Independent UK
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Barcelona facing corruption charges

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Barcelona and two of the club’s former presidents are facing corruption charges over alleged payments to a former vice-president of Spain’s referees’ committee.

Spanish prosecutors have filed a complaint after it was reported last month that between 2001 and 2018 Barcelona paid more than 7million euros (£6.2million) to companies owned by Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, who was vice-president of the Spanish FA’s refereeing committee from 1993 to 2018.

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