😳 Brazil talisman Neymar is set to stand trial next week over his transfer to Barcelona almost a decade ago. SLInt MORE:
Neymar's parents, former Barca presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, and former Santos president Odilio Rodrigues will also stand next to the Paris Saint-Germain star as defendants in a Barcelona court room next week Monday.
The case has been brought by a Brazilian company called DIS, which owned 40% of the player's rights at the time of the transfer after acquiring them when he was 17 years old for only €2 million . DIS have accused the aforementioned defendants of undercutting the company of their rightful percentage following the Brazil international's move from Santos to the Blaugrana because the true value of the transfer was withheld at the time.
Neymar moved to the home of the Catalan giants in 2013 for a reported fee of €88 million from the Brazilian outfit, but DIS feel they were obliged to more of a cut from the transfer because, at the time, Barca stated that they had only paid Santos €57.1 million for his services.
"Neymar's rights have not been sold to the highest bidder. There were clubs that offered up to €60 million," DIS lawyer Paulo Nasser said in a news conference on Thursday.
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