This seriously threatens her presence Barcelona in next season’s European competition, the indictment today (10/3) by the Barcelona prosecutor’s office against the club, former club presidents Josep María Bartomeu and Sandro Rochelle, as well as José María Enríquez Negreira.

Barcelona, ​​according to the Spanish newspaper Marca. accused of hiring Negreira “to support the team in refereeing decisions”.

The charges relate to crimes related to corruption, breach of trust and providing false business information.

The relevant investigation carried out concerns DASNIL 95 SL, a company owned by José María Enríquez Negreira, Vice President of the Technical Referees Committee from 1994 to 2018, which received payments from Barcelona between 2016 and 2018, the program revealed.” Que t’hi juges by SER Catalunya. This information relates to the payment of 1.4 million euros to Enrique Negreira.

OUR UEFA – according to Marca- she could consider, without waiting for a decision, whether the presence of Barcelona in European competition is a defamation.

Article 4 of the event regulations leaves no room for doubt. In essence, this article is introduced in order to create a line of defense for the spirit of the game and, in particular, for the values ​​that UEFA seeks to convey in order to ensure fair competition.

UEFA always reserves the right not to accept clubs that, having won their participation in European competitions, do not meet all the conditions established by the regulations of the three European competitions.

A few days ago, UEFA requested information about what was going on, although it was just an investigation, but the accusations caused alarm in both Nyon and Barcelona.

Source: RES-IPE