Judge of Barcelona Alejandra Gil He has summoned again as charged for September 18 to the former presidents of FC Barcelona Sandro Rosell y Josep Maria Bartomeu by him ‘slave of alleged sports corruption for the payment by the Barca club of about 7.5 million euros for 18 years to the former number of the Spanish referees, José María Enriquez Negreiraalready his son Javier Enriquez Romero. In order to make these interrogations, the magistrate must extend another six months the investigationbecause the last dictated term expires on September 1, according to legal sources. It will be the fourth time the instruction period is extended, which began in 2022.
That September 18 must declare Bartomeu, Rosell, Ana Paula Rufás, Woman of the Vice President of Enriquez Negreira, Javier Enriquez, the son of the former arbitration leader, and the former director of Barça Albert Soler and Óscar Grau. These interrogations were scheduled for the month of June, but the judge was forced to suspend them before the communication of one of the lawyers who at that time had a trial. After two years of investigation and after a change of owner in the court for Judge Joaquín Aguirre's retirementwhich began the inquiries, the main accused can give their version before the magistrate Alejandra Gil that last February took the reins .- =
From 1-0 to Barçagate
There is the chance that this judge is the one he investigated in his day, in his previous court, organization of the sovereign consultation of 1-O and also The Barçagate case On alleged corruption between individuals and unfair administration in which Bartomeu also appears, which is attributed to be behind the hiring of a business group to control social networks and create accounts to defame players and opponents of its board of directors. This case remains open.
The judicial sources consulted by this newspaper say that for now the final destination of the 7.5 million euros that FC Barcelona paid to Negreira Father and son supposedly has not been found. One of the latest reports sent to the Court by the Civil Guard indicated that in the current account of the woman of former arbitration, Ana Paula Rufás, up to three million euros had passed in the last 20 years, between 1992 and 2023. The agents pointed out that these income were “apparently unjustified by the income and returns of work (salaries received of the companies of her husband) and the real estate capital.”
