Barcelona, Spain, Oct 18 (EFE).- Brazilian ahead Neymar testified in a Barcelona courtroom Tuesday throughout a trial on fraud and corruption fees regarding his 2013 switch from Santos to FC Barcelona.
Neymar is one in all eight defendants on trial, together with his mom and father, who can also be his agent, and two former FC Barcelona presidents.
Prosecutors are asking for a two-year jail time period and 10 million euros ($9.85m) in fines for the crime of company corruption.
The Paris Saint-Germain star stated Tuesday that he had by no means participated within the negotiations over his switch, together with his father dealing with the talks.
His father, Neymar da Silva Santos, and the participant’s mom, Nadine Gonçalves, are companions within the firm N&N Consultoria Esportiva, which obtained 60 million euros from Barcelona. The Catalan membership additionally paid Santos 25 million euros.
The funding fund DIS, the claimant within the trial, solely obtained 6.8 million euros, although it owned 40% of the striker’s rights
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“In November 2011, we signed a precedence settlement with Barcelona, to signal Neymar in 2014,” stated the participant’s father, who additionally answered questions from the prosecution and the protection itself.
Neymar da Silva Santos defined that he had a letter signed by former Santos president Odílio Rodrigues, who can also be accused within the trial, authorizing negotiations with Barcelona.
Requested why he didn’t inform DIS concerning the conversations, Neymar’s father stated that this was Santos’s duty.
His precedence was to “get one of the best contract potential” for his son, who “since childhood needed to play at Barcelona”.
The trial is predicted to final till October 31.EFE
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