preparing to stand trial; Neymar could get five years in prison; Report

PSG superstar and Brazil international Neymar Jr. is likely to be jailed for five years, according to reports. The corruption and fraud case against the player comes after he moved from Santos to Barcelona in 2013. A Brazilian investment firm has filed a complaint against the actor.

The actor will face trial in Spain on Sunday The Sun Reporting.

When Neymar was at Santos, 40 percent of the player was owned by DIS, an investment firm. However, DIS claims that they received very little from Santos and the 57.1 million euros they paid when the player arrived at Barca.

DIS alleges that they should have received 40 percent of the $57.1 million, but that $40 million went directly to Neymar’s family. DIS prepared for a legal battle after showing that they received only 40 percent of the remaining 17.1 million euros.

DIS is demanding that they get more than this amount.

“They did not transfer Neymar for a high fee. There were clubs who offered up to 60 million euros,’ says DIS’s lawyer.

But Neymar’s lawyer clarified that it is Neymar’s legal right to choose which club he wants to play for.

“Going from one club to another is at the discretion of the player. No free competition rules apply here. The Player is not a commodity, product or service of any kind. “He is a human being who has the right to make his own decisions,” Neymar’s lawyer said.

Neymar has completely denied the allegations of DIS. But in 2017, Neymar lost his appeal before the Spanish High Court.

Neymar’s trial begins on Monday.

Spanish prosecutors are demanding two years in prison and a 10 million euro fine for Neymar. But the argument of DIS is that Neymar should be sentenced to five years in prison.

Neymar’s parents and former Barcelona presidents Josep Maria Bartameu and Sandro Rosell will also face trial, according to the Sun’s report. Apart from them, Odileo Rodríguez, the then president of Santos, will also face trial.

But Neymar’s lawyers said Spanish courts had no jurisdiction to try his family. They say that the deal was done in Brazil with Brazilian citizens and Neymar going to Spain cannot be seen as a crime.

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