TV have slammed Barcelona boss  and claimed that his '600 matches' for Barcelona are 'under suspicion'. 

The comments made by the club's official channel come after Xavi responded to the recent VAR controversy which occurred during Madrid's 3-2 win over Almeria. 

's bottom club led 2-0 at half-time and looked set for their first win of the league season until Madrid found their groove in the second half and won 3-2.

The match was marred by multiple vexatious decisions which left Almeria claiming on their website that the referee and VAR had 'ruined' their day. 

After his side's 4-2 win over Real Betis on the weekend, Xavi was questioned over the VAR controversy, to which

that 'it was going to be very difficult to win this league'.

Real Madrid TV have slammed Barcelona boss Xavi and claimed that his '600 matches' for Barcelona are 'under suspicion'

The rival manager claimed it will be 'difficult to win this league' after the VAR drama in Real Madrid's 3-2 win over Almeria

Real fought back from 2-0 down after three controversial VAR decisions went against Almeria 

Speaking after the game, according to , he said: 'I've seen it. If we speak, they sanction us... but everyone has seen it. 

'I already said in Getafe that there were things that didn't fit me, that it was going to be very difficult to win this League. There are things that we don't control. It's been seen by everyone'.

However, shortly after Xavi's comments, issued a fiery response, to which they suggested the former midfielder's career is 'under suspicion'. 

host Miguel Ángel Muñoz said: 'The world is upside down, the little birds shoot at the shotguns and the fact that Xavi comes out making these statements never ceases to surprise.

They are a smokescreen, which he knows how to do very well'. 

Then, director of RMTV Jesús Alcaide said: 'It is curious that Xavi finds things that happen in LaLiga strange and it seems normal that practically throughout his entire football career, for 20 years, his club has been paying the vice president of the referees around 8 million. 

'I insist, during Xavi's entire career. For 20 years. There are a total, we have counted, of 600 games of Mr. Xavi Hernández's career as a FC Barcelona player, with his corresponding titles. 

'We don't say it, the judge, the prosecutor, the Civil Guard say it.

.. Those 600 matches are under suspicion. It's the reality. His club is accused. The entire time when Xavi was a FC Barcelona player is being investigated'.

After consulting the monitor, the referee opted to give Madrid a controversial spot-kick 

RMTV's hosts claimed that Xavi's '600 matches' for Barcelona 'are under suspicion'

In March last year, prosecutors filed a complaint over alleged payments of more than €7.

3million (£6.3m) over 17 years to firms owned , who was vice-president of the Spanish football federation's refereeing committee from 1993 to 2018.

In October, it was confirmed that Barcelona president Joan Laporta was for suspected bribery in a probe spanning two decades of activities at Spain's refereeing committee.

Investigating judge Joaquin Aguirre Lopez said may have benefited from graft and put the club under investigation for suspected 'active bribery.'

Aguirre also named as suspects Laporta and 'all those who were members of the board of directors of FC Barcelona during his mandate or who had an effective responsibility in decision-making to

to Negreira and his son.

LaLiga champions Barcelona have denied any wrongdoing, saying in a statement in February that the club had paid an external consultant who supplied it with 'technical reports related to professional refereeing', which it said was a common practice among professional football clubs.

Meanwhile, Madrid were treated to VAR controversy in their recent win over Almeria. 

Barcelona have reportedly been charged with bribery regarding the alleged payments of millions of euros from the club to the vice-president Spain's refereeing committee

Jude Bellingham's penalty came after a debatable handball call given by VAR, with  deemed not to have committed a foul in the build-up.

Almeria then had a goal ruled out by VAR, before Vinicius Jr saw a decision to disallow his equaliser for handball overturned when referee Jose Hernandez Maeso concluding that it had instead gone in off the Brazilian's shoulder.

And, following the officiating drama, the official VAR audio has since been released. For the controversial penalty, VAR official Hernandez Hernandez said: 'I recommend you an on-field review so that you can assess a possible penalty due to a handball by the Almería defender.

'

Referee Maeso responded: 'Okay, I'm going to see it. (...) perfect. The Madrid player tries to score and the ball hits the arm, with the Almeria defender occupying space. I'm going to call a penalty without a card.'