[Football] Barcelona- UEFA Investigation

[Echo the Seagull]

Came across the below article on the BBC regarding payments allegedly made to referees to get favourable decisions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65051591

What an absolute mess the people running Barca have done to one of the great European clubs

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Peps been in charge of one club that has been charged with over 100 breeches of financial rules and one that has been charged with bribing refs and are in a complete mess.

Spanish Redknapp?

 

[Echo the Seagull]

Peps been in charge of one club that has been charged with over 100 breeches of financial rules and one that has been charged with bribing refs and are in a complete mess.

Spanish Redknapp?

Just waiting for Bayern to complete the hattrick

 

[WhingForPresident]

Investigation should've started straight after that CL game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge years ago. That was a total disgrace.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Came across the below article on the BBC regarding payments allegedly made to referees to get favourable decisions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65051591

What an absolute mess the people running Barca have done to one of the great European clubs

This. Barca had a genuine global iconic brand - and they somehow managed to f*** it up

 

[Triggaaar]

Came across the below article on the BBC regarding payments allegedly made to referees to get favourable decisions

Blimey.

If that's true, what would a fair punishment be?

Stripping of titles, or simply closing the club?

 

[Triggaaar]

Given the owners of some of our clubs, I would almost be surprised if they haven't also tried to bribe officials.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

You’d like to think they will also chase the money given to referees to fix decisions. What a can of worms. Money, money, money. I do despair at what has become of the beautiful game.

 

[Happy Exile]

Blimey.

If that's true, what would a fair punishment be?

Stripping of titles, or simply closing the club?

Stripping of titles would do interesting things to Messi's record.

 

[Stephen Seagull]

Investigation should've started straight after that CL game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge years ago. That was a total disgrace.

The investigation is only for La Liga, nothing to do with the Champions league.

Barça have been buying the reports from the referees association since the early 2000s from the vice president of referees in the LFP - this is what the entire investigation is about, they're saying that, if he was on payroll has it influenced results?

 

[Triggaaar]

Stripping of titles would do interesting things to Messi's record.

Messi is irrelevant. If they've bribed officials, the book should be thrown.

 

[Sepulveda]

I'm (obviously) very cautious when commenting these matters, given what happened to us in 2006 and how lopsided that was. And also what's happening to us right now, which will probably be annulled by the current court in 3 weeks time given that the sentence we've been initially given, and also the trial itself, didn't really follow the sports law.

Better to wait and see until at least some other details come out and the trial is in full swing. Never had any sympathy for Barça but I hope they get the fairest possible trial - which is a bit of a pipe dream given how underdeveloped and vague/rough sports regulations are in a lot of leagues.

 

[Happy Exile]

Messi is irrelevant. If they've bribed officials, the book should be thrown.

I totally agree, even though it'd make the Ronaldo fans even more insufferable.

 

[SAC]

I totally agree, even though it'd make the Ronaldo fans even more insufferable.

Is that even possible?!?