Xavi claims Barca staff and players joke about the refereeing scandal
Barcelona have been accused of paying off refereeing official to tamper results but boss Xavi shrugs it off.
Barcelona head coach Xavi shrugs off the implication that Barcelona was involved with any wrong doings in regards to the club’s payment to a company owned by the former vice-president of La Liga refereeing committee.
is currently under investigation after the club made 33 payments to a company owned by Jose Maria Enriquez Negreir. Jose Negreir was the vice-president of the Technical Committee of Referees in Spain, between 2016 and 2018.
The club as well as Joan Laporta have given statements, clearing themselves of any wrongdoings and now manager Xavi chimes in.
"Today we have focused everything with Cadiz. Isolation from Cadiz (laughs). It is treated in the best possible way, even with some little jokes,"
Xavi said in a press conference.
"We focus on our work. We have not dealt with it in a group, nor has it been discussed."
No footballing body will be able to investigate Barcelona until the Barcelona prosecutor’s office is done with the investigation. Besides that, LaLiga president says that any charges more than three years old is outside their jurisdiction.
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