Uefa is to investigate payments made by Barcelona to a former vice-president of Spain’s referees’ committee.Uefa has appointed ethics and disciplinary inspectors to look into payments allegedly made for favourable refereeing decisions.A court heard Barcelona have been indicted for “corruption”, “breach of trust” and “false business records”.Prosecutors allege Barca paid 8.4m euros (£7.4m) to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira and his Dasnil 95 company.Barcelona, who deny any wrongdoing, acknowledged the payments were made to Dasnil 95 between 2001 and 2018.Uefa said: “Ethics and disciplinary inspectors have been appointed to conduct an investigation regarding a potential violation of Uefa’s legal framework by FC Barcelona in connection with the so-called ‘Caso Negreira'”.The payments, reve… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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