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Watching the game vs Sevilla, Barcelona leading 3-0.

They playing some decent stuff, but Sevilla don't look threatening at all, Barcelona has a lot of time on the ball, but still look very vulnerable at the back.

So Barcelona is leading the league by 8 points.
Not too bad
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I GUESS HE DIDNT POUNCE! :lol: :lol:

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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64918604

Barcelona charged with corruption over payments to former referees' official

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Barcelona have been charged with corruption over payments the club made to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, a former vice-president of Spain's referees' committee.

Last month it emerged that Barca have paid Negreira and a company he owns a reported total of 8.4m euros (£7.4m) between 2001 and 2018.

A Barcelona court heard on Friday that Barca, former club officials and Negreira had been indicted for "corruption", "breach of trust" and "false business records".

These lawsuits, brought by the Barcelona public prosecutor's office, target the club, as well as former presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell.

"FC Barcelona obtained and maintained a strictly confidential verbal agreement with Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira so that, in his capacity as vice-president of the technical arbitral committee (CTA) and in exchange for money, the latter carries out actions tending to benefit FC Barcelona in decisions by the referees," said the public prosecutor's office.

La Liga chief executive Javier Tebas said last month that current president Joan Laporta should resign if he was unable to explain the payments.

Laporta responded by saying he will not give Tebas "what he'd like by stepping down" and the charges come three days after Laporta insisted his club had "never bought referees".

"Let it be clear Barca have never bought referees and Barca have never had the intention of buying referees, absolutely never," he said on Tuesday.
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The payments, revealed last month by radio station Ser Catalunya, came to light following an investigation by tax authorities into Negreira's company Dasnil 95.

Barcelona made payments to the company totalling a reported 1.4m euros (£1.2m) between 2016 and 2018, and paid Negreira, 77, about 7m euros (£6.2m) between 2001 and 2018, the year he left his role with the referees' committee.

Barca acknowledged the club had paid Dasnil 95, which it described as "an external technical consultant" to compile video reports related to professional referees "with the aim of complementing the information required by the coaching staff".

It added that contracting the reports was "a habitual practice among professional clubs".

The affair escalated when 18 of the 20 La Liga clubs issued a statement to express "deep concern" over the situation, and Laporta said the club would launch an internal investigation into the payments.

Barcelona coach Xavi, who won eight La Liga titles with them as a player between 1998 and 2015, said he had no knowledge of the payments and never had the feeling his team had any advantage.

"I always wanted to win, but fairly. If I thought we were cheating I'd have gone home," he said after Barca's 2-2 draw with Manchester United in the Europa League last month.
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Na today?! Cheats!
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wiseone wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 11:48 am
Bayern Munich are already swooping in for Gavi.

Meanwhile,…..
Despite losing his first-team registration, he will still be able to play for Barca in what remains of the season under his previous enrolment as a youth-team player
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/barcelo ... vi-dispute
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Hmm.. you mean Bayern is about to POUNCE?! :D :lol:
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wiseone wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 11:48 am
Bayern Munich are already swooping in for Gavi.

Meanwhile,…..
Despite losing his first-team registration, he will still be able to play for Barca in what remains of the season under his previous enrolment as a youth-team player
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/barcelo ... vi-dispute
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:taunt: :taunt: Reminisce ….. :lol: :lol: :lol: :D
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wiseone wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 11:10 pm
Bunch of hediots that Barca team is…
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:rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: See all the Barça haters.
One of them probably parked his danio outside auntie’s place to drown in Tombo.
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Such a horrible club. Always involved in cheating. Disgusting club and disgusting fans.
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