relations are a little more strained between Barça and La Liga against the backdrop of the arbitration scandal

Another thunderclap. As it flies over the Spanish championship with an eight-point lead over Real Madrid and prepares to play its round of 16 Europa League return match against Manchester United, FC Barcelona is embroiled in a corruption affair. since a few weeks. Joan Laporta, president of the club, stepped up to the plate on Tuesday, February 21, accusing the president of the Spanish football league Javier Tebas, of “foment a campaign against Barça” in reference to fraudulent payments from the Catalan club to a former refereeing officer of the federation.

La Liga clubs concerned about corruption suspicions

For several weeks, the Catalan club has been suspected of corruption for having made transfers to a former head of arbitration, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira. A priori, this case does not only alarm the instance. “The majority of La Liga clubs have expressed their deep concern over this matter, which they consider to be of maximum gravity,” wrote the Spanish league in a press release. Of the 42 teams that make up Spain’s top two divisions, “two opposed this joint statement.”

“La Liga and the clubs’ executive committee condemn the facts, and are actively working to clarify any irregularities that may have occurred around the Negreira case, whether sporting or otherwise.“, says the instance. This affair has again shaken up the Barcelona leaders, a year later the conclusions of the internal investigation into the club’s economic situation.

Arm wrestling between the two leaders for years

These muscular exchanges echo the toxic relations that there may have been in the past between the two leaders. “I remember that he is a person who, in his past, has already shown his animosity towards Barça. Already in 2005, as vice-president of Alavés, he had filed a complaint because he did not want Messi to play at Barça.insisted Laporta.

At the helm of the Spanish football league since 2013, Javier Tebas said on Monday that Joan Laporta “had to resignThe latter answered him firmly. The Barcelona president attacked Javier Tebas saying: “He is fomenting a campaign against Barça and me. He dropped his mask. He continues with his obsession with Barca, with his phobia of our club.” La Liga has ensured on its side “closely follow this matter and that she would act firmly within the limits of her law.”