Tuesday briefing: FC Barcelona under investigation over alleged irregular payments to player agents

FC Barcelona have once more found themselves in the spotlight for reasons beyond their on-field performances. As reported by El Confidencial, Spain’s national tax agency is probing the club for possible discrepancies in their payments to football agents from 2015 to 2018.

The core of the investigation revolves around the suspicion that these payments may be a clandestine method to bolster player salaries. The agency asserts that agents essentially represent players; hence, payments