Spain is shaken by the scandal of the century. At first it was only an investigation, but the prosecutor’s office in Barcelona filed an official indictment due to the corruption of the Nou Camp club and former presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell.They are accused of paying a total of 8,400,000 euros to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, former vice president of the Spanish Judicial Commission, and his company from 2001 to 2018. Negreira in turn delegated the referees Barcelona preferred and guaranteed that they would officiate in favour of the Catalan club.Boys from Brazil finish off EspanyolInterestingly, although during the period in which Barcelona is accused of paying judges, its president in the first term (2003-2010) was the current supremo Joan Laporta, and he is not suspected of the crime. Despite this, Javier Tebas, the first man of La Liga, declared that Laporta must resign. The only condition under which he can remain president of Barcelona, Tebas added, is to tell everything he knows about the bribery of judges within the specified time.All the Spanish media write that the seriousness of the crime that Barcelona is accused of and the fact that it is under indictment seriously endangers its playing in Europe next season. Namely, UEFA can, even without waiting for a verdict, assess that the reputation of its competitions would be seriously damaged by the very presence of a club accused of the crime. In addition, Barcelona’s biggest rival, Real Madrid, immediately came out with a statement.”In light of the seriousness of the accusations made by the prosecutor’s office in Barcelona against the football club there, due to deep-rooted suspicions of corruption, the president of Real Madrid is calling an urgent meeting of the management for tomorrow afternoon, in order to decide on the steps that Real Madrid must take with regard to this event.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7088120##
