Statements credited to Joseph Bartomeu, former Barcelona president also confirmed this. Bartomeu explained that "the disbursements date back to before 2003", the 1st term of Joan Laporta. Thus, the payments to the vice president of referees were maintained until 2018, not only from 2015 to 2018 but 2003-2018.
To further confirm the allegations, Enríquez Negreira [the referee Barcelona paid money to] is the 4th referee to have sent off the most players Real Madrid players (9) in history. He is also the 3rd referee to have refereed at least 35 Real Madrid games & had the worse percentage of defeats.
Interesting times ahead for FC Barcelona
