Spanish giant, Barcelona Football Club would be facing English Premier League side Manchester United,on Thursday night amid bribery allegations which the Spanish club is currently facing.
The Xavi led team faces the possibility of being relegated from the La Liga, points deduction similar to Italian giant, Juventus, if found guilty of paying £1.2 million to a company owned by former referee’s committee vice president Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira.
The payments were reportedly made between 2016 and 2018, when Barca were under the stewardship of Josep Maria Bartomeu. The former Blaugrana president claims that such payments go back as far as 2003, but insists that they were legitimately made and stopped suddenly due to cost-cutting efforts.
Barcelona would be hoping to make their mark in the Europa after a disappointing run in the Champion’s league which saw them dropped to the competition in 2022.
The team is currently having a good run in the La Liga as it currently leads the league.
Barcelona and Manchester United have faced 13 times in all competitions with Barcelona winning six, Manchester United winning three, while four games between both teams ended in a draw.
