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The former Barcelona president, Sandro Rosell, illegally "bought" a liver from Eric Abidal, a former club player and current secretary, in 2012, when he was grafted due to cancer .
During an investigation into Rosell's involvement in money laundering proceedings, the judge in charge of the case decided to open a separate case after in 2017, intercepted four appeals by the Civil Guard and the National Police, where the former president of Barcelona admits to having illegally "bought" a liver for the French defender. In April of this year, according to El Pais, the process related to wiretapping was closed after the National Audiencia contacted the French authorities to know the circumstances of the case. The French authorities assured that the type of offense did not correspond to the same as in Spain and, after receiving this information, the case was closed.
It is in 2011 that Eric Abidal's health problems to report. The player was initially undergoing surgery at the club clinic to remove a liver tumor, but a month later relapsed again. A April 10, 2012 Abidal found a donor and performed a liver transplant at the clinic in Barcelona. It was announced at the time that this donor would be a cousin of the player, who called Gerard and lived in France, being the version that continues to be released.
A year later, in 2013 The Barcelona defender announced his departure from the club, having become incompatible with the management of Sandro Rosell, which did not allow him to continue to integrate the club. 39, team of the team. According to the Spanish newspaper, Abidal could also be aware of the illegal origin of the organ, because it allowed the history of the organ given by the family to be rendered public.
Abidal spoke several times about his liver transplant, but he has always maintained that the version was an altruistic gift of his cousin Gerard.
El Confidencial had access to documents that reveal three of the calls between Rosell and one or more collaborators (it is not possible to see if there are several people or the same person). The first conversation is April 20, 2017, at 15:58. Rosell receives a call from an unknown number who said that he had commented on a report with "Barto" (Bartomeu, Rosell's personal friend and the person who replaced him at the head of the club in 2014) on the statements of Abidal in the newspaper Sport . In these statements, the former player blamed Rosell for his departure from Barcelona
Let's see one thing, is not [impercetível] Sandro … it's that he [Abidal] was against us … we bought an illegal liver for this guy. "The ex-president reacts to this statement with a sound transcribed by the researchers as" ummm "before the speaker continues to speak. "And we said it was his cousin, who was his cousin! We paid the contract for two years, what was left. "In the second phone call, received on April 27 at 3:16 pm the conversation was with someone named" Juanjo "who said that he had an" interesting conversation "with Abidal". After a few insults to the player, Rosell replied: "A guy to whom we saved the life."
[Juanjo] Today, I had an interesting conversation with Abidal, who is a son of a bitch. [Rosell] A super son of p ****. A man that we saved our lives [Juanjo] Yes, yes … no, no, and in addition he says that you lied to him … "
In the third call, also with" Juanjo ", the 28 April at 5:19 pm, this one says he came back to speak with Abidal and said that the player had asked him to convey that "he was very misbehaved with him." The interlocutor replied: "Listen, Abi, if you talk to me here, you have a new liver, you know?" Rosell's answer was unclear because he hung up and down the call, saying that he was in Bolivia
[Juanjo] Abidal […] told me to tell my friend that he had been very mean to him, and I said, "Listen, Abi, if you're here, that's because you have a new liver, you know? "and he told me not to do it." Well, if you do not understand that, you do not understand anything to life "[Rosell corta a chamada e volta a ligar] I am in Bolivia. [Juanjo] He said to Abidal," If you sit here at me talk, it's because someone bought you a liver. "[marcam um encontro para a semana seguinte e despedem-se]
Two weeks after these calls, on May 23, 2017, Rosell was arrested at his home in Barcelona. Following the revelation of the talks, the National Transplant Organization (ONT) told El Confidencial that it had decided to open an internal investigation into the suspicions surrounding it.
The ONT stated that she was aware of the case "by the press" and that "due to the seriousness of the allegations, an internal investigation was launched in collaboration with the # 39; Catalan Organization of Transplantation and Hospital Clínico do Barcelona ". The organization said it "followed the information that Eric Abidal's transplant donation process was in compliance with current legislation and usual clinical protocols," but that the published news has led to the organization to take the case.
] Barcelona also issued a statement denying allegations that were released Wednesday. "FC Barcelona denies any irregular action in liver transplantation performed at Clínico Hospital," said the club, adding that the press release "omitted very significant information that the case had been filed on April 18 by a court "
" The club deeply regrets the lack of rigor in the dissemination of information on such a sensitive subject and reaffirms its commitment to Eric Abidal and his foundation to contribute to the improvement of life of affected children and youth
Sandro Rosell's lawyers also sent a statement stating that they "had no knowledge of the truth of these facts" nor "because" they are only known a year later. "" It is strange to think that one can buy an illegal liver and transplant it into a public hospital, "they added.
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