Joan Laporta, president of Barcelona football club, says all payments made to a company owned by a senior refereeing official were transparent and came in exchange for technical reports and not to get any illegal sporting advantage.
A Barcelona court agreed to take on the case last week after prosecutors filed a complaint over what they alleged were payments of 7.3 million euros ($7.95m) from 2001 to 2018 to firms owned by Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira.
