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Prosecutor asks for 2-year jail term for Neymar

Xinhua, November 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

The prosecutor at the Spanish National Court on Wednesday asked for a two-year prison sentence for FC Barcelona striker Neymar Junior for corruption in relation with the contracts he signed with the club between 2011 and 2013.

The Prosecutor also asked for a five-year jail term for former Barcelona president, Sandro Rosell for corruption and fraud, as well as a fine of 8.4 million Euros (around 9 million US dollars) for FC Barcelona.

He did, however, drop charges against current Barca President, Josep Maria Bartomeu, who was Rosell' s vice president when Neymar was signed.

The case comes about as the prosecutor believes that in 2011 Barcelona promised to pay Neymar, who then played for Brazilian side Santos de Sao Paulo, 40 million euros to assure he would sign for them when his contract expired and he was a free agent.

This not only went against FIFA rules, but also affected free competition between clubs and means that the company 'DIS' who then owned 40 percent of Neymar' s rights' also lost out financially.

DIS had earlier asked for a 5-year prison sentence for Neymar and 8-year terms for Rosell and Bartomeu, while also demanding that Neymar be forbidden from playing for the length of the trial.

Neymar recently extended his contract with Barca until 2021. Endit