An ex-FC Barcelona director, Toni Freixa, appeared to suggest throughout an look on COPE that the membership paid the previous vice chairman of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira for a “foyer service”, or not less than that that is what it was provided by Negreira.

By retailers resembling OK Diario, this has been taken as an admission from Freixa of Barca paying “to have the referee’s favor”, with Freixa later taking to X – previously generally known as Twitter – to disclaim such accusations.

Barca hasn’t denied making funds basically to Negreira, which have been valued at greater than $8 million from 2001 to 2018.

By way of figures resembling present president Joan Laporta, nonetheless, the membership insists that the funds had been made for trustworthy session work.

Barca was charged with “continued corruption between people within the sports activities area” in 2023, and the case stays open.

Throughout an look on COPE radio, Freixa not less than admitted to being “scared” of referees in Spain.

“We now have all the time felt belittled and mistreated, or [that there is] a beneficial remedy that the membership doesn’t have. So many errors may have been made,” he stated.

“A intelligent man was promoting you a foyer service: ‘Don’t fret, with me, I will make you some experiences, I will present you the way it works and you may do higher’,” Freixa added, in what has been taken by OK Diario as an admission of paying for bias or beneficial remedy.

“And one president after one other after one other didn’t dare to take away that as a result of he thought it was going to be worse for us,” Freixa additionally stated.

Taking to X, Freixa tweeted: “I’ve by no means acknowledged fee to referees as a result of they’ve NEVER existed. Don’t put phrases in my mouth that I’ve not stated. I urge you to rectify [this] instantly.

“Right this moment the entire cavern is placing phrases in my mouth that I’ve NEVER stated. Their mission is to cowl up for the state-club what we’ve ALL seen all our lives,” he went on, in a nod to the Catalans’ bitter rivals Actual Madrid.

“And they’re prepared to do something. To defame, insult and slander too. Justice will put them of their place,” he harassed.