Former Barcelona President Josep Bartomeu Arrested Over Barçagate Scandal

Josep Maria Bartomeu is currently cooling off in police net.

As per reports emerging from the Spanish media, the former Barcelona president was picked up alongside a number of the team’s officials yesterday over the ongoing investigation regarding the so-called Barçagate scandal.

BREAKING: Former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has been arrested as part of a fresh investigation into ‘Barcagate’ at Camp Nou, Goal can confirm. pic.twitter.com/wssGtiB5ea

— GOAL (@goal) March 1, 2021

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The Camp Nou club have spoken up since their former president was arrested, and has insisted they ‘have great respect for the judicial process in place and for the principle of presumed innocence for the people affected within the remit of this investigation’.

Bartomeu courted controversy more often than not during his time at the helm of Barcelona. The case of alleged tax fraud over the signing of Neymar, and he was set to be arraigned at that time.

He could have it real tough this time around. Not sure why the club, or Bartomeu would hire social media companies to publicly discredit staff and players, but there you have it.

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