Judge Finds FC Barcelona Benefited From Referees’ Systemic Corruption

A Spanish magistrate in charge of ‘Caso Negreira’ maintains that payments FC Barcelona made to the Former Vice President of the Referees Committee caused “systemic corruption” in Spanish football which harmed the Catalans’ rivals including Real Madrid and others, according to El Confidencial.

Barca were charged for “continued corruption between individuals in the sports field” by the Barcelona provincial prosecutor’s office in March after it emerged that they paid companies ran by Jose Maria Enriquez…