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UEFA, the European football body, announced on Thursday March 23 the opening of an investigation into a ” possible violation of the legal framework of the proceedings by FC Barcelona in the context of the arbitration scandal involving the Catalan club. FC Barcelona and some of its leaders were charged on March 10 by the Spanish courts for “ corruption », « breach of trust » et « forgery in business records in the case of suspicious money payments to Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, former senior official of Spanish arbitration, also prosecuted. These lawsuits, decided by the Barcelona public prosecutor’s office, target Barça as a legal entity, as well as Josep Maria Bartomeu, head of the club between 2014 and 2020, and Sandro Rosell, president between 2010 and 2014. Oscar Grau and Albert Soler , members of Mr. Bartomeu’s former team, are also being prosecuted.