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Gerard Pique has defended Barcelona against accusations of corruption.
The defender who played for the club from 2003 to 2022 told Catalan radio RAC 1: ‘I don't think Barca have bought the referees, I would put my hand in the fire over that.
‘[If you are going to do that] you keep it off the books. There are simpler ways to do it than going to the vice-president of the referees and paying him a salary. There’s no logic to that.’
Barcelona are accused of paying Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira €7.3million (£6.46m) via two companies he owned – DASNIL and NILSAT. The relationship started in 2001 and ended in 2018 when ties were cut with the by then ex-vice president of the Referees Committee.
