A case relating to a complaint
regarding the striker's summer
switch to Camp Nou will continue
after the prosecutor flagged up
irregularities in the deal
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell could
find himself in court after a criminal case
investigating the signing of Neymar from
Santos in the summer revealed the
Brazilian's contract may be fake.
The Blaugrana were forced to hand over a
dossier detailing the financial elements of
the attacker's €57.1 million move, after
club socio Jordi Cases made an official
complaint last year.
Rosell had hoped the complaint would be
thrown out, but the investigation has
flagged up irregularities in the deal and
the Attorney General of the National High
Court has requested further contractual
documents as the case continues.
Presecutor Jose Perals has asked for all
the relevant documentation in the
transfer and could call upon Barca
auditors to provide evidence in the
investigation, which is looking to establish
the whereabouts of the €40 million not
received by Santos (with the Brazilian
side receiving €17.1m in their share of
the deal).
"The contracts that have been signed
between the parties do not, at times,
correspond to that which is specified
within them," the prosecutor's report
revealed on Friday, adding that "the
contracts signed may have been faked to
alter the concept of the payments."
Barca maintain they have done nothing
wrong in the transfer, although the
Catalan club have been unable to specify
exactly who received what.
Meanwhile, one of the third-party
owners, supermarket group DIS, claim
they received only a small percentage of
what they were owed as their part of the
deal.
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