October 14, (THEWILL) – Next week, Brazilian superstar, Neymar, will go on trial for fraud and corruption, related to his 2013 move from Brazilian club, Santos, to Barcelona.
A Brazilian investment firm, DIS, has called for the footballer to receive a five-year prison sentence for the fraud committed.
The suit filed includes Neymar, his parents, Barcelona and its previous presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, as well as Santos and its former president Odilio Rodrigues, as defendants in the case that Spanish prosecutors are bringing.
When Neymar was still playing for Santos, DIS owned 40% of rights to him. The investment company now claims that because the genuine worth of the contract was overstated, it missed out on its cut from the Brazilian’s transfer to Barcelona, having purchased rights to 40% of the player for €2 million when he was just 17 years old.
Neymar has previously refuted the validity of DIS’s assertion, but he was unsuccessful in his 2017 appeal before Spain’s High Court. In addition, DIS is asking for jail terms for Rosell and Bartomeu, as well as a €149 million fine.
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