Real Madrid president will testify in the trial of Neymar's move to Barcelona

The president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, will appear as a witness in the trial against the former president of Barcelona Sandro Rosell, for the crimes of corruption in business and fraud in the signing of striker Neymar Jr., also accused in that operation that ended with the Brazilian international at Camp Nou.

Perez is one of the eighteen witnesses in the oral trial that will begin next October 17, in the Sixth Section of the Barcelona Court, and in which the Brazilian fund DIS and the Federation of Professional Athletes' Associations of Brazil (FAAP) will appear as private prosecutors.

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The Public Prosecutor's Office is requesting 5 years in prison and a fine of 10 million euros for Rosell, for corruption and fraud, and 2 years in prison and another 10 million euro fine for Neymar, for corruption in the transfer operation.

The prosecution understands that, in his case, despite signing the allegedly fraudulent contracts to sign the Santos striker between 2011 and 2013, he was not an active part of the negotiations.

In the documentary evidence, DIS will also provide the interview that Florentino Pérez gave to the program 'Jugones' on laSexta, on February 3, 2016, and in which he assured that, paying all the rights holders, the signing of Neymar, who was also sought by Real Madrid, amounted to 150 million euros.

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The Brazilian fund is now claiming damages of €150 million, 5 years' imprisonment for the player and another 8 years' imprisonment for Rosell and Bartomeu.