MOSCOW, Oct 17 Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar arrives at court in a corruption case during his transfer to the Spanish «Barcelona» from the Brazilian «Santos» in 2013, Agence France-Presse reports. The 30-year-old Brazilian arrived at the Barcelona provincial courthouse with his parents around 9:45 local time. Neymar, his father and mother, as well as the rest of the defendants, will testify on October 21 and 28. The trial will last until October 31st. In addition to them, two clubs are also involved in the case, former Barcelona presidents Josep Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, as well as former Santos president Odilio Rodriguez. previously closed due to lack of corpus delicti. In May 2017, it became known that a new lawsuit began in Spain against Neymar, his parents, Bartomeu, Rosell, Barcelona itself and Santos. The Brazilian investment company DIS, which claimed 40% of Neymar's transfer amount, but stated that she received a much lower percentage, since most of the transaction amount was hidden. According to official information, the transfer of Neymar in 2013 cost the Catalan club 57.1 million euros, of which 17.1 million went to Santos, and the remaining 40 million to the company of Neymar's parents. The real cost of the transfer of a football player could be up to 83 million euros. Spanish prosecutors demanded a two-year prison sentence and a fine of 10 million euros for Neymar, as well as 5 years in prison for Rosell in addition to a fine of 8.4 million. For the player's father and mother, two and one years, respectively. Neymar himself denied the accusations and insisted that he was only focused on football and blindly trusted his father, who is his agent.
