Barcelona are reported to have paid €1.4m between 2016 and 2018 to a company owned by the then vice-president of Spanish football’s Technical Committee of Referees (CTA).

Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira held that position from 1994 to 2018, with his company, DASNIL 95 SL, profiting handsomely from Barcelona until the latter date.

The payments have come to light due to an investigation into the company’s tax affairs and alleged irregularities regarding the three years in question.