FC Barcelona: Police raid football referee offices as part of corruption investigation – BBC News

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Spanish police raided the offices of the football referees’ committee as part of an investigation into FC Barcelona’s alleged corrupt payments to an official.

The Spanish football club face charges of corruption over payments made to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, a former vice-president of the committee, in return for favourable refereeing decision.

Uefa is also investigating the matter.

Barcelona deny any wrongdoing and no arrests were made during the search in Madrid.

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