Accused of “corruption” and “scam” like the other defendants, “Ney” will be tried alongside the former presidents of Barça, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, a month before the World Cup in Qatar (from the November 21 to December 18).
Le Monde with AFP
The Brazilian footballer of Paris-Saint-Germain Neymar will be tried from October 17 to 31 in Barcelona for alleged irregularities committed during his transfer from Santos to FC Barcelona in 2013, learned the France-Presse agency, Wednesday 27 July, with Spanish justice.
Accused of “corruption” and “scam” like the other defendants, “Ney” will be tried alongside his parents and former presidents of Barça, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, a month before the Cup of the in Qatar (from November 21 to December 18). The prosecution requested two years in prison against him.
Former partial holder of the rights of the player, the Brazilian group Dis is the source of this case. He estimated injured when the attacker’s transfer and had filed a complaint against Neymar, his father, the Santos club, Barça and their leaders.
Judicial saga
Barça had officially quantified the player’s transfer to 57.1 million euros: 40 million for the Neymar family and 17.1 million for Santos. But, according to justice, it, in reality, cost at least 83.3 million.
say, who had received 6.8 million euros out of the 17.1 million paid to Santos, therefore accuses Neymar and Barça of having hidden the real amount to him to donate less money. The Brazilian group said in a statement “satisfied” with the announcement of the trial calendar.
The years of Neymar in Barcelona were also at the center of a judicial saga between the Catalan club and the Brazilian striker.
“Ney” and Barça had ended up signing in July 2021 an agreement to end “amicable” with financial disputes opposing them in particular around the prime of extension promised by the club before the record transfer of the Brazilian to the Brazilian to the Brazilian PSG in 2017 for 222 million euros.