Barca have never bought referees, insists chief Laporta
The Catalan side paid a reported 6.5 million euros ($6.9 million) between 2001 and 2018 to a company owned by Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, a former vice-president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) in Spain, for what they said was advice on refereeing matters.
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Barca have never bought referees, insists chief Laporta
By NewVision Reporter
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Barcelona president Joan Laporta insisted Tuesday his club have never "bought referees" amid investigations into payments made to a former refereeing chief over several years.
The Catalan side paid a reported