Barça president Bartomeu to stand trial due to Neymar Case

Barça president Bartomeu to stand trial due to Neymar Case

Bartomeu no se libra del juicio por el fichaje de Neymar
Bartomeu no se libra del juicio por el fichaje de Neymar | sport
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The National Court rejected Josep Maria Bartomeu's appeal

The ongoing case relates to Neymar's 2013 transfer from Santos

Spain's National Court have confirmed that Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu will stand trial for his role in the signing of Brazil star Neymar. 

Bartomeu's appeal was rejected on Thursday and say the deal altered "the free market of football players by preventing the player from entering the market in accordance with the rules of free competition."

Barça president Bartomeu was at that time the vice-president of the club and had "management responsibilities" to the same level as the then president, Sandro Rosell, accorindg the report. 

Both are said to have participated in fraudulent contracts in 2011 without informing Santos or the Brazilian investmentr fund DIS -- who owned 40 per cent of Neymar's rights and have brought the complaint to court.

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