Thursday, 27 April 2017

Former Barcelona Vice-President to Go on Trial for Fraud and Corruption Over Neymar Signing

Former Barcelona vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu will go on trial for ​fraud and corruption in relation to Neymar's controversial transfer from Santos to the Catalans in 2013, according to reports from Marca. The case against Bartomeu has been lodged by Brazilian supermarket chain DIS, who claim to have owned 40 per cent of the rights to Neymar before he was sold to Barcelona and still want further payment. Barcelona originally claimed that they spent €17.1m for the talented winger, but a...

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