🚨 Supreme Court clears Neymar, Rosell and Bartomeu of corruption | OneFootball

The Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of former FC Barcelona player Neymar and the club’s former presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu in the case concerning the Brazilian’s transfer, according to EFE.

Those involved had been under investigation for corruption between private parties and fraud in Neymar’s transfer to Barcelona in 2013 from Santos.

The Supreme Court’s Criminal Chamber has rejected the appeals against the ruling of the Barcelona Court.

The Supreme Court’s conclusions

The Supreme Court states: "In the present case, the proven facts have shown the inconsistency of the accusation and that, when the contracts were entered into, there was in no way any simultaneous intent to defraud DIS of its economic rights. This is because, although the appellant believes that all of this was done to harm those rights and alter the final transfer sale price, thereby reducing DIS’s economic rights, that was not the case, as the court has clearly explained, as we have set out. There was neither corruption in business dealings nor fraudulent misrepresentation. Not by the player, nor his representatives, nor FC Barcelona. Everything was due to a sporting decision by the club, which wanted to secure his signing and then decided to bring it forward and pay a transfer fee, even though it had a contract with the player for him to leave on a free transfer at the end of his commitment with Santos".

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