The former director of FC Barcelona, Josep Contreraspassed away last December, allegedly charged commissions close to 50% in the payments that the Barça club made to the son of the former vice-president of the Technical Committee of Referees Javier Enríquez, according to what the newspaper El País published this Sunday.
The investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office, according to the newspaper, has found that theto compensation for the services of the son of Enríquez Negreira was driven through Tresepa instrumental company owned by the former Barça leader with the boards of directors José Luis Núñez, Joan Gaspart and Josep Maria Bartomeu.
The news from El País, which cites judicial sources, points out that Contreras, through this company, allegedly obtained commissions that in many cases amounted to 50% of the amount paid for the services of the ‘coach’ Javier Enriquez.
This information adds to that published on Saturday by the newspaper ‘El Mundo’, which revealed that the ex-director invoiced at least 728,420 euros to Barcelona between 2015 and 2018 through Tresep.
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It should be remembered that the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office is investigating an alleged crime of corruption between individuals at a company owned by José María Enríquez Negreira, former referee and vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) between 1994 and 2018, for payments of 1.4 million made by FC Barcelona between 2016 and 2018,
The investigation begins as a result of a tax inspection of DASNIL 95 SL for the taxation of the aforementioned 1.4 million euros.
According to the information, Barcelona paid the aforementioned company 532,728.02 euros in 2016, 541,752 euros in 2017 and 318,200 euros in 2018, which is when the last payment was made, a date that coincides with the constitution of a new CTA and the departure of Enríquez Negreira from the Committee.
The son of the former referee, a professional from the world of football who came to advise the Spanish team, was the sole administrator and proxy of DASNIL 95, although, according to the investigation, it was his father who ran the company.
The investigators, according to El País, have concluded that the son of Enríquez Negreira did carry out work for Barça, regardless of the amounts received, since before each game he sent technical reports in which he analyzed the behavior of the referee who whistled. to the Barcelona team.
In addition to being the sole administrator of DASNIL 95, the son of Enríquez Negreira directs and is the sole shareholder of Soccercam, which also provided services to Barcelona, but did not charge, according to information published by El País, directly from the Catalan club.
The sources of the investigation mentioned by said newspaper indicate that the invoices were made through the company of Josep Contreras.
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According to the sources cited by El País, the former manager, in exchange for activating contacts at the club, would presumably receive a commission that in many cases amounted to up to 50% of the bill.
Josep Contreras might not give his statement to the investigators, since he died on December 25. The Barcelona manager was linked to the directives of Núñez, Gaspart and Bartomeu through the subsidiary and the club’s social commission.
In addition, he acted as a bridge between Barça and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) thanks to his good relationship with Ángel María Villar, president of the federation between 1988 and 2017.
Likewise, Contreras was a director of the Catalan Football Federation (FCF) during various stages. Andreu Subies, president of the FCF between 2011 and 2018, and Josep Contreras himself were investigated for alleged irregular awards of works by the former to companies of the latter, in a separate piece of the ‘Soule case’ once morest RFEF leaders. EFE