Yep. Radio silence by the international media on this has been weird. This is potentially as big and bad as calciopoli
We just need to find out that Bayern have been paying off posters on a Man Utd forum to defend the Bundesliga at all costs and the circle is complete.
If your keen to divulge in conspiracy theories, that Bayern doctor has a bit of a reputation himself.
Something interesting in this document is that he explicitly says that he worked exclusively for Barca (as per Barca's request). Looks like they are the only team involved.
There are dozens of teams with the "Real" or "Royal" on the name as you can see on the following link.Oh it's me who was ignorant not you mate.
Tbh I know feck all about Spain and the zillion local, regional, governmental organisations there. So anything 'Royal' means Madrid to me
Both Fraudiola and Fraudelona.
As a cycling fan since a boy in the 80s, what I love about all cheating cases, particularly those involving doping or bribing authorities, is that Lance Armstrong has done it all before. He's like the Godwin's Law of this kind of thing.As a little tension relief I bring you this video of Gerard Pique mockingly shouting:
"We don't use drugs, we don't dive and we don't bribe referees. We just play football"
It really aged well
I haven't been following the timelines, other than Bayern where even Moyes could win titles, are there any trophies that Guardiola has won that aren't now tainted by bribery/doping/FFP etc?
I'll have you know he won Catalan Person of the Year 2009 Award
It is coming from El Mundo, one of the 2 biggest newspapers in Spain, the one that discovered Messi's true contract with Barca.
The only proof there is shows we paid off the head of referees in Spain
Juve done feck up this time around with their book cooking, but I’ve always thought they were treated incredibly harshly for Calciopoli, if not downright scammed of their titles. The investigation found, quoting from wiki ‘Although popularly known as a match-fixing scandal and focused on Juventus, no match-fixing violations were found within the intercepted calls for Juventus, there were no requests for specific referees, no demands for favours, no conversations between Juventus directors and referees were found, and the season was deemed fair and legitimate’. If there were actual payments like what Barca has done here in that case, they would’ve likely been relegated to Serie C with a 50 pts deduction.
So what did Juve do wrong then?
BUT THERE ARE NO FACTS
Basically there were taped phone conversations between Moggi and referee coordinator regarding allocation of refs for their matches but a) all of them (Italin clubs) were doing it (a subsequent investigation found Inter, who benefited the most from the initial investigation, among those engaged in similar behaviors, but they weren’t punished due to statue of limitations/time-barred) and b) Juve averaged less points from matches with refs investigated than those without, plus the conclusion above. In addition to that, despite no concrete evidence to prove the crime, the conviction literally said their standing at the end of the season means they benefited from a crime they might or might not have committed (!). Juve subsequently sued the FIGC for damages but courts refused to take the suit on technical instead of judicial ground (read: political landmine they don’t want to get involved in).
I've heard of proof of bribing but what can be proof of no bribing? Just out of curiosity.
A very expensive consulting job, with the person in charge of deciding promotions and relegations of referees, on an exclusive basis.
