La Liga

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Football: Spanish clubs need to be more ambitious, CVC executive ... (The Straits Times)

Spanish La Liga president Javier Tebas is expecting an increase in the league's television rights revenues of 11 per cent annually by 2027. PHOTO: REUTERS.

“The clubs need to be more ambitious,” said Juan Arbide, CVC’s senior managing director. who had agreed to accept the money. La Liga confirmed on Tuesday that €915 million had already gone to the 38 top clubs.

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Barcelona referee scandal: La Liga club denies wrongdoing after ... (CBSSports.com)

Disgraced former president Josep Maria Bartomeu claimed that payments were made legitimately and then later finished as part of cost cuts. An official Barca ...

"The CTA wants to make it clear that Mr Enriquez Negreira has not been part of any federative structure since 2018," read a Comite Tecnico de Arbitro (CTA), which is responsible for refereeing in Spain, statement. It is not a coincidence." In the club's organization chart it is in the department of football with full normality. I want to communicate that any tendentious interpretation that insinuates things that are not right will receive a proportional and adequate response from the club. "Along with this, this same external consultant gave refereeing advice, which is very usual at the big clubs, as has always been done. Barcelona regrets that this information appeared just at the best sporting moment of the present season.

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FC Barcelona paid €1.4m to La Liga referee off the books - (The Eagle Online)

A shocking news report revealed that FC Barcelona paid €1.4 million to the former vice president of Spain's referees committee between 2016 and 2018.

I’ve been told we have done a public statement, and I follow what the club says. I think it has happened in years I was not involved with the club, but I will always defend the institution.” Xavi, who was hired as the club’s head coach in 2021, left Barcelona for Al-Sadd back in 2015 and has no direct connection to the referee payments.

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La Liga chief says Barcelona will NOT receive sanctions for referee ... (FourFourTwo)

La Liga president Javier Tebas says Barcelona won't be facing punishments over payments that they made to a refereeing administrator.

An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also been to the FA Cup and League Cup finals for FFT and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. You will receive a verification email shortly. “We’ll see how the investigation turns out.” Get the best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. Mark White has been a staff writer on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, writing pieces for both online and the magazine. La Liga boss Javier Tebas says the time has passed to punish Barcelona

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La Liga Chief reveals if Barcelona will be punished amid referee ... (Sports Brief)

SportsBrief.com News - La Liga president Javier Tebas has clarified that Barcelona will not be snactioned over the alleged payments to ex-Vice President of ...

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Barcelona Accused Of Bribing Referee $1.5 Million, May Face La ... (News18)

The Catalunyan club is being accused of bribing the former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, ...

It took years for the Italian side to bring back its reputation in European football. Juventus, the other team backing the ESL, was relegated to Serie B after being found guilty of paying referees in a 2006 match-fixing scandal. They are 8 points ahead of their arch-rivals Real Madrid who are in the second spot. According to him, the money was given in exchange for advice on how players should treat referees and what they can and cannot do based on which official was in charge of a particular match. They claimed that the payment was made only due to advisory work and had no intention of wrongdoing. The club is being accused of bribing him €1.4mn ($1.5 million) during the tenure of club president Josep Bartomeu.

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Marcos Alonso transfer between Chelsea and Barcelona reported to ... (Football Espana)

Barcelona may be facing more transfer trouble, as their signing of Marcos Alonso has been called into question. The 32-year-old Spanish international joined ...

[Chelsea](https://www.caughtoffside.com/tags/premier-league/chelsea/) in the other direction. The concern for Barcelona will be how La Liga look on this. Their theory is that Alonso’s move was part of the Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang move (€12m) to

La Liga President Tebas: No sporting sanctions over Barca ... (China.org.cn)

MADRID, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Javier Tebas, the President of La Liga, on Thursday said that Barcelona would not face a sporting sanction over revelations that ...

"It's not possible for there to be disciplinary sanctions. "At La Liga, we are going to wait and we will respect the investigation that the prosecutor carries out," he concluded. 16 (Xinhua) -- Javier Tebas, the President of La Liga, on Thursday said that Barcelona would not face a sporting sanction over revelations that the club paid 1.4 million euros to the former Vice-President of the Technical Committee for Spanish referees (CTA).

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English 'Super-debt' Clubs Breaching Rules – LaLiga (Leadership Newspaper)

LaLiga president Javier Tebas believes other Premier League clubs in addition to Manchester City are guilty of breaching financial regulations.

“This is the problem you have in football, that when you detect a problem, some cheating, in this economic case it takes so long to react.” Tebas believes that other sides in the Premier League are also guilty of similar offences, speaking after a January transfer window in which English clubs spent heavily. LaLiga president Javier Tebas believes other Premier League clubs in addition to Manchester City are guilty of breaching financial regulations.

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Javier Tebas confirms Barcelona won't face La Liga sanctions for ... (Football Espana)

Caso Negreira has dominated Spanish football over the past couple of days. The situation refers to Barcelona paying Dasnil 95, a company headed by ...

[confirmed](https://www.football-espana.net/2023/02/16/ex-barcelona-president-josep-maria-bartomeu-confirms-payments-to-company-of-vp-of-referees) allegations that the club had used Negreira’s company, but for totally legitimate and legal reasons. [Barcelona](https://www.football-espana.net/category/la-liga/barcelona) are punished by the courts, but their charge towards the La Liga title this season appears to be safe for the time being. [paying](https://www.football-espana.net/2023/02/16/ex-barcelona-president-josep-maria-bartomeu-confirms-payments-to-company-of-vp-of-referees) Dasnil 95, a company headed by Vice-President of Referees Enriquez Negreira, €1.4m to receive scouting services and verbal reports from 2016 to 2018.

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No Sporting Sanctions For Barca Over Refereeing Chief Payments ... (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

La Liga president Javier Tebas said Thursday that no sporting sanctions can be taken against Barcelona after it was revealed they made several payments to a ...

The last invoice, according to Cadena Ser radio, was issued in June 2018. Tebas said ethically no services should have been provided by Negreira to Barcelona, and no payments should have been made by the club. “We must clarify from the outset, we have already looked into it — it is not possible to impose sporting disciplinary sanctions because five years have already passed,” said Tebas in a video published by La Liga Thursday.

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Relief for Barcelona! No sanctions expected over referee scandal ... (Goal India)

Barcelona will not face sporting sanctions for their alleged illicit payment of referees, but La Liga President Javier Tebas slammed the club's ethics.

However, a criminal investigation might be possible, and they will await the results of that while still dealing with their separate The Catalan club will not face any sporting sanctions. In total, Barcelona shelled out around €1.6 million, according to [El Mundo](https://www.elmundo.es/deportes/2023/02/15/63ed3ff5fc6c8319228b45d5.html). THE BIGGER PICTURE: Barcelona's sporting integrity has been called into question as they shelled out a hefty sum to an individual so closely associated with the day-to-day refereeing in La Liga. Five years have gone by and [the period in which to hand out] these types of sanctions expires after three years." Tebas suggested that the club

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LaLiga takes decision on punishing Barcelona for paying referee ... (Daily Post Nigeria)

LaLiga president, Javier Tebas has said Barcelona will not face any sanctions for payments made to the company of a former senior referee, Jose Maria.

At LaLiga, we are going to wait and respect the prosecutor’s office investigation and once that has finished, see whether it decides to file the appropriate complaint or lawsuit in the corresponding courts. “Let’s see how that investigation ends. However, even in that case, the payments could still represent a conflict of interest because of Negreira’s role on the referee’s committee at the time.

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