FC Barcelona denied the accusations of worker abuse at the ongoing renovation of Spotify Camp Nou saying that if they had received any report, they would've reacted.
Last week, a Spanish newspaper El Periodico reported that workers carrying on the renovation of the stadium are being underpaid, overworked and forced to work under unsustainable conditions.
Barcelona's vice president, Elena Fort, denied the reports while talking to the same outlet that published the report at first.
"No, there are categorically no workers suffering from labour abuses," Fort told El Periodico in response to the allegations.
"If we had received any complaints, we would have acted. No complaint has been made to the club. Nor has there been anything detected within our internal processes to suggest there is any type of irregularity.
"Barça comply... Well, the [subcontracted] construction companies strictly comply with the regulations. And there is no labour exploitation of any kind."
The contract for the renovation works at Spotify Camp Nou has been given to a Turkish company named Limak Construction.
Fort added that there had been "minor issues" that the club had addressed in an appropriate manner.
"I think it was to do with the height of a fence and some very minor issues which we have now sorted," she added.
She also dismissed the paper's claims that the workers were paid much less than they were told but she admitted that some problems with the pay slips could be possible and the team is looking into it.
"There are five pay slips [in El Periodico's investigation] when there are more than 2,000 during the entire execution of the work," she said.
"And one thing is that there could be an error in those pay slips. We are reviewing that. But all contracts go through social security.
"Not a single contract that has been made is below the agreed terms. In the construction contracts, by agreement, work is done six days a week, maximum 12 hours [per day]."
When asked what she thinks of the report one worker was seen sleeping outside the stadium due to fear of losing the job if they arrive late, which she denied as well.
"We don't have 2,000 workers sleeping on the streets, which means things are working," she said.
