The case stems from a complaint by a Brazilian investment group, DIS, which owned part of Neymar’s transfer rights and which alleges it received less money than it was entitled to. Barcelona and Neymar’s former club in Brazil, Santos, have come under fire for the way the transfer was completed in 2013. The Spanish court said it was proposing that Neymar, his father-cum-agent Neymar Da Silva Santos and his mother Nadine Goncalves, a 50 percent shareholder of the family company N&N, be tried on a corruption charge. It also recommended that Barca’s current chairman, Josep Maria Bartomeu, his predecessor Sandro Rosell, and the club should also stand tried for corruption and fraud. It added that if the trial went ahead it would continue to defend the innocence of all of those being investigated.

Source: Hindustan Times November 08, 2016 14:56 UTC