Barcelona will be asked for an explanation after allegations they paid €1.4million to a company part-owned by former LaLiga referee Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira.
The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said on Thursday it had begun a request for information from Barcelona and the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), of which Negreira was a long-time vice-president.
LaLiga giants Barca have been alleged to have paid the seven-figure sum between 2016 and 2018 to Negreira s company DASNIL 95 SL, with the claims first revealed by broadcaster SER Catalunya.
Newspaper El Pais alleged that in return for payments, Barcelona received a written report and DVD assessment of referees prior to games.
Barcelona have strenuously denied wrongdoing, stating they …