The Prosecutor’s Office asks for 2 years in prison for Neymar and 5 for Rosell for the striker’s contract at Bara

They agreed to transfer their backs to the owner fund of 40% of their rights

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La Fiscala has asked to condemn soccer player Neymar to two of Prisin for alleged corruption and fraud in the contract for his signing at FC Barcelona, ​​and for the same reason he demands a sentence of five years in prison for the then Blaugrana president, Sandro Rosell.

The indictment, consulted by Europa Press, states that Rosell, as president at the time, began negotiations to sign Neymar in 2011, when he played for Santos FC and had a contract until 2014 with a termination clause of 65 million. .

Rosell and Neymar’s father, who represented the footballer, agreed that Bara will pay the player 40 million to ensure his signing in 2014when he was free from Santos, and that advance 10 million at the moment with condition that Neymar must return the money if he breaches the agreement.

This agreement meant that in 2011 Neymar promised to sign for Bara in the future, and the prosecutor points out that this prevented “other clubs from freely participating in the market”.

The agreement was closed with two contracts and Bara paid him the 10 million advance, and the other 30 were distributed in two more payments: one in 2013 and another in 2014.

The prosecutor added that, dems of alter the transfer marketthis harmed the DIS fund, which had a percentage of its economic rights and was seen deprived of the possibility that Neymar could obtain a larger amount for his transfer if he had entered the transfer market.

without board authorization

The prosecutor’s brief also states that Rosell and the then first vice president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, agreed in 2013 to anticipate the signing “without the authorization of the board of directors”in a decision that involved acquiring the federal rights of the striker.

As a result of this advance of the signing, Rosell offered the footballer a higher salary than agreedwho asked an older cousin to join Bara a year earlier than agreed, but wanted hide this surcharge compared to what was planned.

According to the prosecutor, he also agreed with Santos FC to pay directly for the federative rights “thus avoiding paying 40% to the DIS fund that corresponds” about these rights.

10 million fine

In this case, The Prosecutor has claimed to fine both Rosell and Neymar with 10 million eurosin addition to the prison sentences of five and two years respectively that he has asked to impose on them.

He also attributes to player’s father an alleged crime of corruption in business, for which he has asked the court sentence him to two years in prison and a fine of 10 million euros.

Also accused in the case are a representative of Santos FC, whom the prosecutor is demanding for three years for alleged fraud, and FC Barcelona as a legal person.

For the Blaugrana club, the prosecutor claims a fine of 8.44 million for the alleged crimes of corruption in business and fraud, and for the Brazilian club has requested a fine of 7 million for alleged fraud.

The prosecutor has asked file the case for former president Bartomeubecause, although he participated in the signing of one of the contracts, there is no evidence that he knew that the negotiation was being carried out with his back to the DIS fund and “outside the Fifa regulations”.