A month before the Qatar World Cup kicks off, the Brazilian star Neymar was ordered to appear in court in Barcelona as his trial on suspicion of alleged violations of a contract related to his 2013 transfer from Santos to the Catalan club gets underway.
In an attempt to lead “Celesau” to its sixth world championship beginning on November 20, the Public Prosecutor filed a corruption charge against the current Paris Saint-Germain star. The charge calls for two years in prison and a fine of 10 million euros, and the trial is anticipated to last until the end of this month.
Among the other eight defendants there are members of his family, in addition to the former Barcelona club presidents, Sandro Rosell, who demanded the Public Prosecution to five years in prison, and Josep Maria Bartomeo, as well as the former director of Santos Odilio Rodriguez Felio.
To before 9:45 a.m. local time, Neymar and his family appeared at the Barcelona Regional Court dressed in a dark suit and sunglasses.
Neymar is scheduled to testify on either this month’s 21st or 28th, according to a legal document released on Friday.
On the second day of the court, the President of Real Madrid, Florentino Peres, gave his testimony through the video to explain how to reach a secret agreement in 2011 between Barcelona and the international striker negatively affected the transfer period by preventing other clubs from entering the transfer market to obtain Neymar services.
The Brazilian “DIS” organisation, which held a portion of the player’s rights, complained after feeling harmed by the transfer process to the Catalan club. This complaint served as the foundation for the case’s opening.
After it was discovered that some of the documents the authorities had requested contained contradictions, the investigation into the issue got under way in January 2014. Barcelona authorised the start of the 57. 1 million euro payment (40 million for the player’s family and 17. 5 million for other parties).
1 for his old team Santos) in exchange for his services, but according to Spanish judicial records, the worth of the contract was at least 83 million.
The “DIS” group believed that Barcelona and Neymar had agreed to conceal the true value of this contract after obtaining 6 million of the total sum given to the Brazilian team.
Neymar moved in the summer of 2017 from Barcelona to Saint -Germain in a deal worth 222 million euros, and made him the most expensive player in the world..
In Barcelona, Neymar is on trial, and Perez is giving a testimony.
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