The transfer of Neymar to Paris Saint Germain in 2017, for 222 million euros, a record in the history of football, has raised doubts in France due to alleged tax favors made to the capital club to avoid paying various taxes. According to information from Mediapart, this Monday various searches were carried out at the Ministry of Economy and Finance with the aim of clarifying the facts and to try to find different evidence that could incriminate the French Executive..
Two weeks ago, Mediapart, a site specialized in journalistic investigations, reported that Gerald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, then Minister of Public Accounts, would have helped PSG evade various taxes so that the transfer of Neymar would not represent an economic burden on the Parisian team’s treasury.. Darmanin, to the detriment of the public coffers, had supposedly forgiven Paris Saint Germain from paying more than 200 million euros in taxes.
The investigations, carried out this Monday, took place in the presence of investigating judges Vincent Lemonier and Serge Tournaire, by various police officers and also by the Central Office for the Fight against Tax Fraud. The investigators, in turn, searched different departments, to try to demonstrate that, in effect, PSG relied on the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the transfer of Neymar in 2017..
The Brazilian landed in the French capital for a record transfer and was sold last summer to Al Hilal for an amount close to 90 million euros. Gerald Darmanin, the instigator of the alleged tax fraud, asked about it this week, assured that he was delighted that the big players arrived in France. “ANDI am very happy that soccer players come to our country, pay a lot of taxes and have a lot of tax revenue. If Neymar had not come, taxes would not have been paid, football shirts would not have been sold in his name nor social security contributions would have been collected.he declared.
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