Barcelona have failed to deny reports that they made secret payments to a company owned by a LaLiga refereeing chief.
Instead, the Catalan giants have insisted that the payments were a "normal practice" and describe them as being for advice. They have also suggested the report is designed to destabilise their season and have threatened legal action against those suggesting anything untoward with the payment.
The payments span across a two-year period and were made to a company owned by Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira. At the time, he was vice president of the Technical Committee of Refeeres (CTA) at the Royal Spanish Football Federation.
