• Football Neymar will be judged in October for irregularities in his transfer to Barcelona

  • Courts of Justice offer Sandro Rosell 18,000 euros in compensation for almost two years in prison against the claim of 29 million

The Prosecutor's Office has asked to sentence the soccer player Neymar to two years in prison for

alleged corruption and fraud

in the contract for his signing at FC Barcelona, ​​and for the same reason 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 player, agreed that

Barça would pay the player 40 million to secure his signing in 2014

, when he was released from Santos, and that they would

advance 10 million

at the time on the

condition that Neymar had to return the money if you reneged on the agreement.

This agreement made Neymar promise to sign for Barça in the future in 2011, and the prosecutor points out that this

prevented "other clubs from participating freely in the market."

The agreement was closed with two contracts and Barça 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 adds that, in addition to

altering the transfer market

, this harmed the DIS fund, which had a percentage of his economic rights and was

deprived of the possibility that Neymar could obtain a larger amount for his transfer

if he had entered the market .

of transfers.

Without authorization from the board

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 having 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 agreed

, who asked for a higher premium to join Barça a year earlier than agreed, but wanted to

hide this surcharge

compared to what was expected.

According to the prosecutor, an agreement was also reached with Santos FC to pay the federation rights directly

, "thus avoiding paying the

corresponding 40% to the DIS fund" on these rights.

10 million fine

In this case,

the Prosecutor's Office has demanded a fine of 10 million euros for both Rosell and Neymar

, in addition to the prison sentences of five and two years, respectively, that it has asked to impose on them.

He also attributes to

the player's father

an alleged crime of corruption in business, for which he has asked the court

to 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 claims three years for alleged fraud, and FC Barcelona as a legal entity.

For the Blaugrana club, the prosecutor demands a fine of 8.44 million

for the alleged crimes of corruption in business and fraud, and for the Brazilian club he has requested a fine of 7 million for alleged fraud.

The prosecutor has asked

to file the case for former president Bartomeu

, because, although he participated in the signing of one of the contracts, there is no evidence that he knew that the negotiation was carried out with his back to the DIS fund and "outside the regulations of the FIFA".

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