Barcelona have reportedly been charged with bribery after Spanish police raided offices of the Spanish football federation on Thursday.

The raid was part of a judicial investigation into the alleged payment of millions of euros over several years by the club to the vice-president of Spain’s refereeing committee.

The Guardia Civil confirmed to The Associated Press that its police had searched the offices of the referee committee at the federation headquarters near Madrid.

The police said they had not made any arrests and were acting on the orders of the judge investigating the case.

In March, state prosecutors formally accused Barcelona of corruption in sports, fraudulent management, and falsification of business documents.

Prosecutors said the club paid Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, a former referee who was vice-president of the federation’s refereeing committee from 1993 to 2018, €7.3 million (£6.3m) from 2001 to 2018.

The payments were done via firms owned by Negreira.

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