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Barcelona face Champions League BAN as Uefa investigate alleged bribery of ex referees' official

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Barcelona are set to be investigated by Uefa over payments made to a former vice president of Spain's referees' committee and punishment could lead to a Champions League ban.

Ethics and disciplinary inspectors from the European governing body have been appointed to probe alleged payments made for favourable decisions involving the Catalan club.

It is alleged that the La Liga giants paid around £7.4 million (€8.4m) to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira and his company Dasnil 95.Barcelona deny any wrongdoing in the case however acknowledged that Dasnil 95 received payments between 2001 and 2018.

Payments to the firm came about after an investigation by the tax authorities in Spain. Barcelona president Joan Laporta has been urged to step down if he is unable to explain the situation, while former presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell have also been indicted.

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