Barcelona: New Evidence Suggests Enriquez Negreira Offered to Help Catalan Club With VAR

• Barcelona have been accused of paying the former Vice-President of the Referee’s committee
• Enríquez Negreira has appeared to try and blackmail Barcelona after they stopped paying him
• New evidence suggests Negreira offered to help La Blaugrana when it came to VAR in 2020

Barcelona can't escape the controversy of the recent allegations made against them.

The Catalan club are accused of paying the former Vice-President of the Referee's Committee, Jose María Enríquez Negreira over a number of years.

While the club have denied any wrongdoing, recent information seems to suggest Barcelona were receiving preferential treatment for their payments.

Letters from Negreira to the club imply that he tried to blackmail the Catalans after they stopped payments to him.

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As noted by Marca, he also offered to help them with VAR. New evidence has come to light that the official contacted Barcelona in 2020, offering to help them with the technology which had come out two years earlier.

"I can help you with VAR. If you are interested, contact me," an alleged message from him reads.

La Blaugrana didn't respond to the offer but Negreira's willingness to help has raised more questions about the club's relationship with him.

Barcelona's current president, Joan Laporta has strongly denied the club have paid to influence the referees in the past, Football Espana reported.

His comments also seem to suggest that allegations are only surfacing now because Barcelona are doing well in La Liga.

"Let it be clear that Barca have never bought referees nor had the intention to buy referees. Absolutely never. The forcefulness of the facts contradicts those who try to change the story. We are doing well again, nothing is accidental,” he said.

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New information surfaces regarding Barcelona

Things are not looking good for FC Barcelona amid new information which has surfaced, Sports Brief also reported.

Barca have denied any wrongdoing after allegations claimed they had been paying Negreira over a number of years.

Negreira was the Vice-President of the Referee's Committee at the time he allegedly received money from the Catalans.