Paulo Nasser, a lawyer for the Brazilian fund DIS, private prosecutor in the 'Neymar case' that will be judged starting next Monday at the Barcelona Court, explained that the signing of the Brazilian for Barcelona "really cost 82 million euros and so only 17 appeared as official transfer”.
Nasser has offered this Thursday a press conference in Barcelona in which he has given details about the arguments of the accusation before the beginning of the oral trial that will take place in the Sixth Section of the Barcelona Court.
“Our demand has two bases. The first one is a crime of private corruption. And, the second, a crime of fraud in the contractual simulation modality. The real cause of the contracts that Neymar signed with FC Barcelona was to save what they had to pay to DIS and Santos, a termination clause of 65 million euros, "explained the lawyer.
In 2009, DIS secured 40% of a future transfer of the player, who had not yet made his professional debut at Santos, in exchange for 2 million euros. But the lawyers of the Brazilian fund consider that this pact was breached. "Neymar, with the connivance of his parents, the leaders of FC Barcelona and the leaders of Santos, betrayed the trust that the Sonda brothers (owners of DIS) gave him," Nasser said.
FC Barcelona ended up disbursing 25.17 million to Santos for the player's rights and another 60 million for various concepts to N
However, the DIS lawyer considers that "Santos ended up receiving his share of 55%". "This was done by confidentially agreeing a friendly match with Barcelona for a price of 4.5 million euros and paying 7.9 million for a right of preference for three players that has never been exercised," he added.
For this reason, DIS and FAAP (Associations of Professional Athletes of Brazil), who will appear as private accusations, ask for 5 years in prison for Neymar, a fine for the benefit of the State of 149 million euros and "a disqualification for his profession as a player" while Neymar's sentence lasts.
In addition, they ask for a sentence of five years in prison for Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu (president and vice-president of the Barça club at that time), in addition to seven and a half years of disqualification from holding managerial positions and 195 million in financial compensation for the benefit of the Condition.
For its part, the Public Prosecutor requests 5 years in prison and a 10 million euro fine for Sandro Rosell for the crimes of corruption in business and fraud in the signing of Neymar, for which he also requests 2 years in prison and another 10 million fine for a crime of corruption in business.
Instead, he exonerates the former president of the Barça entity, Josep Maria Bartomeu, understanding that despite signing the allegedly fraudulent contracts to sign the Santos striker, between 2011 and 2013, he was not an active part of the negotiations.
Three legal entities will also be tried for their participation in the case: FC Barcelona, Santos FC and N
The transfer of Neymar has been going through a legal process for years, with several open fronts that have caused numerous legal and financial problems for FC Barcelona. The case addressed by the Barcelona Court is called 'Neymar 2', since 'Neymar 1' culminated in an agreement with the Barcelona court for which Barça paid 5.5 million euros and was convicted of two crimes prosecutors, exempting Rosell and Bartomeu from responsibilities.
