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Karine Grigoryan

04-07-2018 | 17:44 Football
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Barcelona FC denies former president illegally bought a liver for Eric Abidal

Barcelona FC's former President Sandro Rosell is being investigated by Spanish police , who is accused of acquiring the liver for ex-defender Eric Abidal in 2012 when he needed a transplant after developing cancer.

The case began in March 2011 when Abidal was diagnosed with liver cancer. He was forced to miss the team's Champion's League semi-final as he underwent surgery to remove the tumor, but returned to the pitch the same month for the final. However, the following year the cancer returned and he underwent a full liver transplant.

Questions were raised at the time about the identity of the donor after the club announced it was a cousin called Gerard, whom nobody had previously heard of.

Now Rosell is in jail and is facing a second investigation for organ trafficking.

Barcelona has since denied that there was any type of irregularity in the treatment.

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