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Sevilla's directors to boycott Barca fixture over bribery charges

Sevilla's directors will boycott Friday's match against Barcelona after the Catalan club were charged with suspected bribery, prompting Barcelona to announce that it had severed all ties with their LaLiga rivals.

The charges relate to payments worth more than €7 million ($7.3m) made to companies linked to the former vice president of the refereeing committee, José María Enríquez Negreira, according to court documents revealed on Thursday.

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Former Barça presidents Josep María Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell also stand accused of the same charges, as do Negreira and his son, Javier Enríquez Romero.