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'Corruption is evident at Barca' – Rousaud ready to go to legal war with Bartomeu

Emili Rousaud is ready to go to legal war with Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu, with the recently resigned ex-vice president of the opinion that “corruption is evident” within Camp Nou and that the club's recent response to his initial claims was merely an attempt to taint his personal honour.

Rousaud, along with five other board officials, recently stepped down in protest of how Barca is being run at the highest level.

The resignations followed in the wake of, among other things, a social media scandal – 'BarcaGate' – in which is was alleged that Bartomeu had hired a company to improve his image during the final year of his presidency through disparaging high-profile figures associated with the Blaugrana.