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Monday briefing: FC Barcelona charged with corruption over Negreira payments

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13 March 2023 - 4:30 AM

The Spanish public prosecutor's office has filed corruption charges against FC Barcelona and former club presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu over the controversial payments made to former Spanish referee Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira.

Former club executives Oscar Grau and Albert Soler have also been listed in the case, which alleges that Negreira received more than €7 million in payments from Barça between 2001 and 2018 to influence match results.

The prosecut

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