Barcelona President Josep Bartomeu denies hiring social media company to attack players

recent controversy surrounding Barcelona hiring a social media company to discredit its own players h fans demanding resignation of President Josep Bartomeu. Speaking for first time since being accused, Josep Bartomeu denied hiring a social media company to attack its players. 

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Josep Bartomeu denies attacking Barcelona players

Josep Bartomeu was present at  XIV Vazquez Montalban International Journalism Awards, where he mitted that I3 Ventures h been hired by club to improve im of Barcelona on social media. However, Bartomeu insisted that club was oblivious to ir connections to Respeto y Deporte, account that was accused of attacking Barcelona players. Bartomeu furr ted that Barcelona has since terminated its contract with I3 Ventures. 

Speaking at event, Bartomeu said, "It has been confirmed that an account of ones related to this issue, is run by I3 ventures, and we are planning to terminate our contract with m. Yes, we have and we will continue to do this of monitoring on social media because we consider it obligatory. But we have t commissioned to discredit people or entities and we will persecute all those who accuse us."

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Barcelona players attacked? Josep Bartomeu denies accusations

A Spanish media outlet broke  news and stated that a social media company was contracted by Barcelona to boost public profile of  board of directors at club. However, outlet also reported that company was tasked with discrediting several individuals with strong links to club, including likes of Lionel Messi and Pique. 

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