Brazilian footballer Neymar accused of fraud due to corrupted Barcelona signing

Neymar to be tried over irregularities in Barcelona transfer ยท The42

It has been nine years since the Brazilian football star Neymar moved from Brazil to Barcelona, he faces trial for alleged irregularities surrounding the transfer.

In a legal saga that has dragged on for years, the Brazilian international who moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 has been accused of fraud and corruption.

Neymar is due to go on trial for two weeks from 17 October, along with the two former presidents of Barcelona football club Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell are also facing the same allegations

All those involved in the case have long denied the allegations, made by investment fund DIS, which argued it was entitled to 40% of Neymar’s 2013 transfer fee when he left Brazilian club Santos.

DIS said it had received far less than it should have, as part of the transfer fee had been concealed. When Neymar signed for Barcelona, the club said it was for a โ‚ฌ57.1m (ยฃ48m) fee and DIS received โ‚ฌ6.8m of the โ‚ฌ17.1m paid to Santos. The investment fund alleged the real fee was far higher.

The 30-year-old PSG player’s expensive transfer fees have long been overshadowed by legal rows.

A year ago, Barcelona reached an out-of-court settlement with the footballer surrounding his record โ‚ฌ222m move to Paris St-Germain in 2017. The club said at the time he should pay back millions of euros he had received when he signed a new contract in 2016.

But the Santos transfer in particular has prompted several legal and financial wrangles.

In a 2016 Barcelona court case, dubbed Neymar 1, the club agreed to pay a โ‚ฌ5.5m fine to Spanish authorities because of irregularities in the move.

Sandro Rosell, who resigned as president of the club in 2014 over the transfer investigation, spent 20 months in jail before he was cleared of money laundering fees for broadcast rights in 2019.

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