The court, which tried Neymar on charges of corruption while signing for Barça, released both himself and his family, and was charged with continuing the hearing against them on Monday, which began this Monday, at the Barcelona Court, at least until they testify. , possibly on Friday. The defense claimed that his parents were exhausted, despite the Paris Saint-Germain football player playing the game this Sunday, even though his parents decided to stay in the room and only the mother and son left him. The anecdote was carried out by the head of the court, José Manuel del Amo, At the request of the lawyers, he assured the Brazilian striker: “Yesterday he was scoring a goal and I was in bed. I was listening to the radio and doing his job.” After that and before the parties agreed, the football player and his mother left the Barcelona Court. “Their lawyers will tell them when to return,” the judge said. The forward also requested that his team not be able to play for more days due to the matches that are supposed to play in the French League and Champions League on Friday.

From the football field to the courtroom. Neymar Jr on trial Alleged corruption in his contract with Barça and alleged that the prosecutor’s office demanded two years in prison and a fine of 10 million. Also, his father, mother, former manager of Santos Odilio Rodrigues, FC Barcelona president Sandro Rosell and his vice president at the time of the events, Josep Maria Bartomeu (the prosecution does not blame him). The hearing, which will take place in seven sessions, will end on October 31st and will feature prominent names from the football world such as former Barça club directors Andoni Zubizarreta and even Real Madrid president Florentino. Perez. The defense argues that Spanish justice cannot continue with the trial because the acts they are accused of are not punished in Brazil. Rosell, Bartomeu and Barça’s lawyer Jordi Pina will speak Catalan.

The judicial process started upon the complaint of the Brazilian DIS firm, which specialized in the football market and owned 40% of the federative rights, when the football player was a member of Santos de Sao Paulo. Barcelona. This company acquired these rights in 2009, when the striker was just 17 years old, for the equivalent of about two million euros.

DIS, which is conducting the special prosecution, is owned by Sonda Group (a business conglomerate with supermarkets, gas stations and real estate), considers the actor the victim of a scam organized by his relatives and Barça, and is demanding millionaire compensation. Criminal investigation started in the National Supreme Court, pBut in the end, it fell to the Barcelona Court. DIS is asking the prosecutor for more sentences for Neymar, specifically a five-year prison sentence and professional disqualification from playing football for the same amount of time.

negotiations

In his indictment, the prosecutor explains that Sandro Rosell, who was then Barcelona president, started negotiations to sign Neymar in 2011, when he played for Santos, and that he had a 65 million contract with termination clauses until 2014. The maximum Barça president at the time and the father of the Brazilian striker, representing his son, agreed that Barça would pay. 40 million per player Getting Santos to sign in 2014 when he was released, and I’m waiting for 10 million As long as it’s Neymar right now If he broke the deal, he had to pay back the money.

This commitment meant Neymar promised in 2011 that he would sign for Barça in the future, and the prosecutor pointed out that this prevented it. “Other clubs freely market“. The deal was closed with two contracts and Barça club paid him 10 million advance and the other 30 were distributed in two more payments, one in 2013 and the other in 2014. The prosecutor underlines this, as well as changing the transfer market. , this operation damaged the DIS fund and had a percentage of their economic rights and was deprived of the possibility of obtaining a higher sum for his transfer if he had entered Neymar’s transfer market.

Defense discusses jurisdiction

The Baker McKenzie law firm is taking on the defense of Neymar, his family and N&N, and he believes that Spanish courts have no jurisdiction because they are committed in Brazil by Brazilian nationals and a crime they are accused of cannot be punished in their country. nor is it valid in the transfer market, as playing in this or that team depends on the will of the player.

Lawyers understand that Santos authorized Neymar in 2011 to negotiate with other clubs when his contract expired in 2013, and that the 40 million Barça gave corresponds to a signature bonus. Likewise, the breach of contract with DIS is denied, as the agreement does not include Neymar’s obligation to sign for a particular club, and there are two clauses in the contract that he has declared to be against FIFA’s regulations.