Real Madrid's war against Barcelona reached a new low as the Catalan giants were accused of doping.
The story with a trail of accusations and counter accusations dominated news in Spain all week.A radio station made the shock claim that Real Madrid were going to demand much stricter doping tests from the Spanish Federation because Barcelona and Valencia were using doctors of questionable reputation.
Cadena Cope Radio were forced into issuing an immediate apology to both Barca and Valencia but this hasn't taken away the huge question marks ad to where the story came from and why it was reported.So much so that Jose Mourinho had to distance himself from this particularly nasty twist in a shameful saga.What caused universal outrage in Spain was the way in which those accusations were levelled at Barcelona.
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez personally rang up Barca counterpart Sandro Rosell to deny he was the source of the story.