Neymar da Silva Santos Junior reacts during a press conference in Barcelona on August 1, 2013. PHOTO | QUIQUE GARCIA | FILE
AFP
A Spanish prosecutor on Friday demanded
the courts investigate allegations of misappropriation by Barcelona in
their 57-million-euro ($78 million) signing of Brazilian star striker
Neymar last year. (READ: Barca hoping Neymar nourishes Messi's magic)
A
member of the fan-owned club, currently the Spanish league leaders, has
lodged a complaint against its president Sandro Rosell alleging
misappropriation of 40 million euros out of the total fee paid for
Neymar.
Contracts shown to the courts by the club
support "doubts raised in the complaint over the signing", public
prosecutor Jose Perals said in a court filing.
He called on the National Audience, Spain's highest criminal court, to launch a judicial investigation into the complaint.
'REAL DESTINATION'
Barcelona
has said it paid a total 57 million euros to sign Neymar Da Silva
Santos Junior from Brazilian club Santos in June, but it declined to
give full details, citing a need for confidentiality.
The
complaint accuses Rosell of misappropriation of funds because members
do not know the "real destination" of 40 million euros supposedly paid
to Neymar family business N&N, according to court documents.
The
prosecutor said contracts shown to the court by the club on the judge's
orders contained conflicting details about what exactly the 40 million
euros were paid for.
"All this justifies at least an investigation into whether the allegations in the complaint are true," he wrote.
The
prosecutor called on the judge to ask soccer's governing body FIFA to
get hold of more documentation related to the signing, including
contracts from Santos.
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