Real Madrid have called for an urgent board meeting after the corruption charges brought against FC Barcelona.
Spanish prosecutors filed a complaint against Barcelona and two of their former presidents over alleged payments to a former referee, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira.
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Payments were allegedly made to a company owned by the former vice president of Spain's referee committee to influence matches.
Statement:
"Given the seriousness of the accusations made by the Barcelona Prosecutor's Office against FC Barcelona and two of its presidents for well-founded suspicions of corruption and their relations with whoever was the vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees, José María Enríquez Negreira, the president has convened urgently to the Board of Directors tomorrow, Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 12:00 p.m., in order to decide on the actions that Real Madrid deems appropriate in relation to this matter."
The reports claimed that Barcelona allegedly paid €7.3million to the company between 2001 and 2018.
Former Barcelona presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu have also been indited in the corruption charges.