This Wednesday, it’s been exactly one month since SER Catalunya revealed that Fútbol Club Barcelona paid at least 1.4m euros to José María Enríquez Negreira, then Vice President of Technical Referees.
In the investigation carried out by the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office in the following weeks, it was determined that the 17-year refereeing leader of the Barça club was fined 7.3 million euros.
A term that included the terms of office of four presidents from 2001-2018: Joan Gaspart (2000-2003), Joan Laporta (2003-2010), Sandro Rosell (2010-2014) and Josep Maria Bartomeu (2014-2018, when he decided to cut ties with Enríquez).
As Laporta emphasized, Barça launched an “external, independent and meticulous investigation” on this issue. The results of this investigation are not yet known.
1. Who signed the first contract with Enríquez Negreira from Barcelona?
No one has answered this question. Early documents reveal the origin of the contract with the arbitration leader at the time of Gaspart (2001).despite Other information suggests that Núñez may have begun in the final years of his term.Beginning in 1978 and ending in 2000
However, the club did not provide any specific information a month after the scandal broke out. The first president, who knitted the number two relationship of the arbitration institution, answered this question. It is not yet known who the ‘intellectual author’ of that contract is.
2. Why did no president cut off that economic relationship with the then vice president of the Technical Arbitration Board?
Gaspart said he was not aware of it. Laporta argued that she was paid because an assessment was made.despite RosellAs Cadena SER explained, at one of the first meetings of that board, then vice president of sports (2003-05) “If we want them to continue to respect us, we must continue to pay.“.
He has not made any public statements, now the president after learning of these payments (2010-2014). Rosell is silent Bartomeu revealed that Laporta quadrupled Enríquez’s bill. after bragging that he was the one who “turned the tap off”. No one came out to explain why they didn’t break this contract.
3. What did Enríquez Negreira really do for Barça?
In its first and only official statement regarding the scandal (February 15), the club stated, “In the past, He hired the services of an external technical adviser who provided technical reports in video format referring to players in the Spanish State sub-categories.l” and then also “extended the relationship with the external provider itself, with technical reports on professional arbitration to supplement the information needed by the coaching staff of the first team and the subsidiary; this is common practice in clubs. professional football”.
Barça never mentions Enríquez Negreira. nor his son. Only videos were made by “external providers, technical reports of players from various infrastructure academies, and referee reports. No one has fully clarified the content of these reports. Their purpose goes beyond informing the A team’s technical staff, for example Valverde or Tata Martino’s assistant, who have not seen these documents. something he refused.
4. Who knew about the existence of payments to Enríquez Negreira and his son in Barcelona?
Barcelona has yet to give an answer to this question. As learned, very limited flat the number of persons aware of the existence of this agreement with the arbitration leader.
All of them are people with maximum confidence in the respective presidents, as evident by the summons of the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office, which placed two top executives in the presidency during the Bartomeu era (Oscar Grau he was the CEO of the club and Albert Soler andprofessional sports director) list.
Payments exceeded all internal controls of the businessThey were also not included in the economic report or in the annual audits. The club has yet to reveal the total cost of the 17-year relationship with Enríquez Negreira.
5. Who set the price? And why was it rising?
The ‘Enríquez rate’ has increased over the years, reaching 7.3 million euros. without any president – it’s been four or so during the long relationship with the arbitration leader – he decided to cut it. Therefore, it is unknown what motivated Laporta to “quadruple his salary,” according to Bartomeu, and who accepted the initial price.
Barça has yet to disclose the total cost of this relationship with Enríquez. He also did not disclose season-to-season payment details for videos and reports produced by some of the companies of the former referee (Dasnil 95 and Nisdal) and his son Javier Enríquez (Soccercam SL).
This Wednesday, it’s been exactly one month since SER Catalunya revealed that Fútbol Club Barcelona paid at least 1.4m euros to José María Enríquez Negreira, then Vice President of Technical Referees.
In the investigation carried out by the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office in the following weeks, it was determined that the 17-year refereeing leader of the Barça club was fined 7.3 million euros.
A term that included the terms of office of four presidents from 2001-2018: Joan Gaspart (2000-2003), Joan Laporta (2003-2010), Sandro Rosell (2010-2014) and Josep Maria Bartomeu (2014-2018, when he decided to cut ties with Enríquez).
As Laporta emphasized, Barça launched an “external, independent and meticulous investigation” on this issue. The results of this investigation are not yet known.
1. Who signed the first contract with Enríquez Negreira from Barcelona?
No one has answered this question. Early documents reveal the origin of the contract with the arbitration leader at the time of Gaspart (2001).despite Other information suggests that Núñez may have begun in the final years of his term.Beginning in 1978 and ending in 2000
However, the club did not provide any specific information a month after the scandal broke out. The first president, who knitted the number two relationship of the arbitration institution, answered this question. It is not yet known who the ‘intellectual author’ of that contract is.
2. Why did no president cut off that economic relationship with the then vice president of the Technical Arbitration Board?
Gaspart said he was not aware of it. Laporta argued that she was paid because an assessment was made.despite RosellAs Cadena SER explained, at one of the first meetings of that board, then vice president of sports (2003-05) “If we want them to continue to respect us, we must continue to pay.“.
He has not made any public statements, now the president after learning of these payments (2010-2014). Rosell is silent Bartomeu revealed that Laporta quadrupled Enríquez’s bill. after bragging that he was the one who “turned the tap off”. No one came out to explain why they didn’t break this contract.
3. What did Enríquez Negreira really do for Barça?
In its first and only official statement regarding the scandal (February 15), the club stated, “In the past, He hired the services of an external technical adviser who provided technical reports in video format referring to players in the Spanish State sub-categories.l” and then also “extended the relationship with the external provider itself, with technical reports on professional arbitration to supplement the information needed by the coaching staff of the first team and the subsidiary; this is common practice in clubs. professional football”.
Barça never mentions Enríquez Negreira. nor his son. Only videos were made by “external providers, technical reports of players from various infrastructure academies, and referee reports. No one has fully clarified the content of these reports. Their purpose goes beyond informing the A team’s technical staff, for example Valverde or Tata Martino’s assistant, who have not seen these documents. something he refused.
4. Who knew about the existence of payments to Enríquez Negreira and his son in Barcelona?
Barcelona has yet to give an answer to this question. As learned, very limited flat the number of persons aware of the existence of this agreement with the arbitration leader.
All of them are people with maximum confidence in the respective presidents, as evident by the summons of the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office, which placed two top executives in the presidency during the Bartomeu era (Oscar Grau he was the CEO of the club and Albert Soler andprofessional sports director) list.
Payments exceeded all internal controls of the businessThey were also not included in the economic report or in the annual audits. The club has yet to reveal the total cost of the 17-year relationship with Enríquez Negreira.
5. Who set the price? And why was it rising?
The ‘Enríquez rate’ has increased over the years, reaching 7.3 million euros. without any president – it’s been four or so during the long relationship with the arbitration leader – he decided to cut it. Therefore, it is unknown what motivated Laporta to “quadruple his salary,” according to Bartomeu, and who accepted the initial price.
Barça has yet to disclose the total cost of this relationship with Enríquez. He also did not disclose season-to-season payment details for videos and reports produced by some of the companies of the former referee (Dasnil 95 and Nisdal) and his son Javier Enríquez (Soccercam SL).