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Brazil and Paris St-Germain ahead Neymar Jr. appeared in a Barcelona courtroom on Monday together with eight others, going through fraud and corruption prices over his 2013 switch from Santos to Barcelona.
In keeping with Reuters, Neymar arrived from Paris and spent round two hours within the courthouse earlier than being excused by the choose for the remainder of the day’s proceedings.
The case was introduced on by a Brazilian funding agency DIS, house owners of 40% of Neymar’s rights whereas he was at Santos who allege that his switch to Barcelona was undervalued.
The 30-year-old is a defendant alongside his mother and father, former Barcelona presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, representatives of each golf equipment and Odilio Rodrigues, Santos president.
All 9 defendants have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, in keeping with Reuters.
Spanish prosecutors are pursuing a two-year jail time period and a $9.8 million high quality for Neymar in addition to a five-year jail time period for Rosell.
Neymar is scheduled to testify on Friday, the identical day PSG tackle Ajaccio in Ligue 1.
The 30-year-old scored PSG’s winner in Sunday’s Le Classique towards Marseille on the Parc des Princes.