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Neymar: Barcelona pay £11.2m in tax fraud case but deny offence

Barcelona have paid £11.2m (13.5m euros) to the Spanish authorities after being charged with tax fraud over the signing of Neymar.

However the Spanish champions insisted they had not committed any offence.

"The aim is to cover eventual interpretations that could be given to the contracts drawn up in the operation to sign Neymar," a club statement read.

Barca paid £48.6m for Santos striker Neymar, 22, in the summer with his parents receiving £34m of the fee.
Costly signing
Neymar

Between the initial fee paid in the summer, signing-on fee, wages during his five-year deal, agents fees and this latest tax payment, Neymar will have cost the club £106.8m

Last month, Sandro Rosell resigned as Barcelona president following accusations he misappropriated money.

He is also being investigated but denies any wrongdoing.

At the time of the move, Barcelona said they had paid 57m euros (£48.6m) for Neymar but it has been alleged that, if other contracts are taken into account, the actual cost of the player was far greater.

And last week a judge in Spain ruled there was sufficient evidence against Barcelona to continue investigations into the transfer.

The club added: "The board denies the existence of any tax-related crime in relation to the fiscal obligations arising from the signing of the player.

"Given the existence of a possible divergent interpretation of the exact amount of tax responsibility arising from the signing and to defend the club's reputation and good name, FC Barcelona has this morning made a complimentary tax declaration of a total of 13,550,830.56 euros [...] although we remain convinced that the original tax payment was in line with our fiscal obligations."

There has not yet been any confirmation whether the case will be dropped after Barcelona's payment.

Neymar has scored seven goals in 18 league appearances for Barcelona this season, as well as netting three in seven Champions League matches.

Author:	Gallagheresque [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:19 pm ]
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1-0 Barcelona Neymar.

Author:	Gallagheresque [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 5:38 pm ]
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2-0 Barca, Brillant goal by Sanchez

Author:	Jesus O'Nazareth [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 1:58 pm ]
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Fuck me, I didn't even realise we'd signed him! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24900001

Author:	South East Citizen [ Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:25 pm ]
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Just what we need. Another defensive midfielder. Sort your shit out Pelle - you are THIS close! does that thing with your fingers to show he's really close

Author:	South East Citizen [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 2:29 pm ]
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Top of the table clash between Barca and Atletico tomorrow night. Atletico at home, should be a belter.

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Author:	Gallagheresque [ Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:55 pm ]
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Breaking news coming out of Spain is that Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has resigned

Author:	Barna Azul [ Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:33 am ]
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Gallagheresque wrote: Breaking news coming out of Spain is that Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has resigned Not Surprised mind! Neymar, the prize player who brought down Barcelona's president Rosell The Brazilian's transfer has tarnished a club that has long prided itself on its spotless reputation in Catalonia and around the world The details of Neymar's contract are under investigation The details of Neymar's contract are under investigation Photograph: Angel Martinez/Real Madrid via Getty Images Sid Lowe Sunday 26 January 2014 00.05 GMT 199 comments Barcelona football club, the pride of Catalonia, has recently exhibited some of the finest teamplay the world's number one sport has ever seen. But its glittering global reputation is also because of how it conducts itself. Més que un clube, goes the phrase – "More than a club". As befits the ideal of Catalonian independence, Barcelona shirts, for several years, did not bear the name of commercial sponsors. Instead, the club paid the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) £1.25m a year to carry the name of the charity, before switching to Qatar Foundation in 2011. Barca was good off the field as well as on it. Or that's what the world thought. So the club's admission on Saturday that it had been, at best, disingenuous over the circumstances of the signing of Brazilian ace Neymar has tarnished Barcelona's image and dismayed its legions of fans. For president Sandro Rosell, the revelation has been a public humiliation. Signing Neymar, who is almost certain to be a star of this summer's World Cup in Brazil, should have been the greatest triumph of Rosell's presidency. Instead, it has been his downfall. Rosell resigned last week, after a judge admitted a lawsuit against him following a report from the public prosecutor that asked the courts to investigate a possible case of "simulated contracts". He departed insisting that Barcelona had done nothing illegal. But his claim that signing Neymar from Brazilian club Santos had cost "€57.1m full stop" has come under intense scrutiny. The day after his resignation, Barcelona's new president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, admitted that the total cost of securing him, which is not the same as a "transfer fee", was in fact €86.2m. A further €44m in salary will be payable during his contract. That is surprisingly low. The investigation will now focus on the €29.1m difference and the beneficiaries of a €40m payment to Neymar's father's company, N&N. Rosell did not take questions as he presented his resignation, insisting that he was walking away in order to prevent what he called "unjustified attacks on the club" from affecting Barcelona. He insisted that the operation to sign Neymar was "correct" and implied that the unravelling of the case was due to the "jealousy" of the club's rivals. He also revealed that he had suffered threats. "I cannot put my family in danger," he said. Bartomeu will, in principle, continue until the end of Rosell's term in 2016, although opposition groups will mobilise to push for elections earlier. Joan Laporta, the former president and Rosell's rival, is planning a return. The pair began as friends, campaigning partners and president and vice-president but fell out spectacularly and have been sworn enemies since. Charismatic and hugely successful during his previous term, Laporta remains extremely popular with supporters. In contrast, Rosell's presidency has been marked by poor communication and mistakes that have seen his popularity diminish rapidly. Rosell had repeatedly avoided demands to clarify the exact figures beyond the €57.1m sum that the club had already made public, citing confidentiality clauses. But on Friday Bartomeu was joined by the club's director of football, Raúl Sanllehí, as they sought to explain the outlay. Bartomeu admitted that it was a "mistake" not to have explained the full figures before and that the actual transfer fee remained €57.1m. According to those figures, Barcelona paid €17.1m to Santos and €40m to a company called N&N, owned by Neymar's father, who held the player's economic rights. Bartomeu insisted that N&N is separate from the player himself. Those €40m were registered in the original contracts as a "penalty" clause that referred to an agreement made well before a deal was reached with Santos. There is a further €2m bonus payable to Santos should Neymar be a finalist in the Ballon d'Or vote. Because Santos did not own 100% of Neymar's rights, the money they received had to be divided among their Brazilian partners, which includes an investment fund. According to Barcelona, the rest of the money is made up of a €10m signing-on bonus, a €2.7m agent's fee paid to Neymar's father, €2.5m in social work with Neymar's foundation, €7.9m on collaboration with Santos, €4m on marketing rights (€0.8m a year for the duration of his contract), and €2m to N&N for scouting work to be done by Neymar's father. Neymar would also earn €8.8m a year in wages. Even if those figures are accepted, there remain serious doubts as to the true destination of the money and the reasons why the package was put together in such a complex and seemingly opaque manner. For Barca admirers, perhaps the saving grace in the episode lies in how the scandal came to light in the first place. Barcelona prides itself on being a members club, with a elected president. Rosell's unravelling started with a formal, legal complaint made by a member, Jordi Cases, who had questioned the real beneficiaries of the €40m paid to N&N. The public prosecutor then expressed doubts about the amount received by Santos and requested that all the paperwork be handed over, with which Barcelona complied. Rosell leaves still insisting that neither he nor the club has done anything wrong. But even if the courts do find in his favour, it will be too late to save his presidency.

Author:	Barna Azul [ Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:48 pm ]
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Barca lost 3-2 to Valencia

Author:	O Blue [ Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:40 pm ]
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Barna Azul wrote: Barca lost 3-2 to Valencia at the camp Nou

Author:	NoddytheAdlingtonBlue [ Sun Feb 02, 2014 12:00 am ]
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Saw most of the game. They looked very susceptible at the back

Author:	South East Citizen [ Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:04 am ]
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Quote: Atletico Madrid were fined £492 after an incident on Tuesday when visiting Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo was struck on the head with a cigarette lighter. 492 quid?? Do they take into account how obnoxious the player is or something?

Author:	Barna Azul [ Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:20 am ]
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South East Citizen wrote: Quote: Atletico Madrid were fined £492 after an incident on Tuesday when visiting Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo was struck on the head with a cigarette lighter. 492 quid?? Do they take into account how obnoxious the player is or something? Thats a weeks worth of TV rights for Atletico!

Author:	Barna Azul [ Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:31 pm ]
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Barcelona charged with tax fraud over Neymar signing • Judge charges club with 'infringement against tax authority' • Spanish champions deny any wrongdoing over transfer Share 271 inShare1 Email Reuters theguardian.com, Thursday 20 February 2014 14.56 GMT Neymar Barcelona have been charged in relation to the signing of Neymar. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images Barcelona have been charged by a Spanish court with committing tax fraud in the signing of the Brazil forward Neymar last year, a court spokesman said on Thursday. "Judge Pablo Ruz has charged FC Barcelona with an infringement against the tax authority relating to the purchase of the Brazilian player," the spokesman said. Barça denied wrongdoing after local media reported on Wednesday that Spain's public prosecutor had asked Judge Ruz to lay fraud charges against the club. "The club's actions have, at all times, regarding that operation [to sign Neymar] and in line with the available information, been fully compliant with existing law," Barça said in a statement. The Spanish champions added they would be sending legal representatives to court "in the coming days" to defend their rights and interests. "At the same time [Barça] states its complete availability to collaborate with the justice authorities in this process, as it has been doing from the first moment, or in any other that might require its intervention." Neymar's high-profile move from Santos in the close season is also being investigated for possible misappropriation of funds following a complaint from a Barça member. Sandro Rosell, who was named in the lawsuit but denies wrongdoing, stepped down as president last month. He said he wanted to protect the club's image and alleged he and his family had been threatened. Rosell was replaced by his deputy Josep Bartomeu who said Neymar cost Barca €86.2m, including payments to the player and his family, and not €57.1m as they originally said. Barça initially refused to reveal all the details of the deal, citing a confidentiality agreement with Neymar's family, but Bartomeu announced that Neymar's father had given them permission to go public. Neymar, meanwhile, has attacked his former club over the transfer and spoken out in support of his father, insisting he had the right to make millions from his transfer. A company owned by Neymar Jr received €40m when the Brazilian moved from Santos, whose share was only €17.1m, prompting the club's fans and officials to question the deal. Santos asked a court to let them see the Neymar family's contract with Barcelona with a view to seeking a bigger cut of the transfer fee. The club lost their case and are now threatening to ask a Spanish judge to order Neymar and Barcelona to hand over the contract. The 22-year-old Neymar, in a short and angry attack on his official Instagram page, protested his father's innocence and hit out at Santos's current and former presidents. "I am sick and tired of this … I've had enough of all this talk," Neymar Jr wrote. "I am a fan of my dad for having put me where I am, and if he makes millions from that, what's the big deal? He worked for it, it didn't just fall in his lap." He added: "Enough is enough. Sorry, Santos fans, but my love for the club won't change because of 'one or two people'." Santos president Odilio Rodrigues had criticised Neymar Sr earlier this week, calling the deal he did with Barcelona "unacceptable". "There was as an ethical error," he said, in reference to Neymar Sr's companies. Neymar's father, in a statement on his son's website on Thursday, said he held no grudge against Santos – the club Neymar supported as a child – but he questioned their conduct. "We could start deliberately blaming everyone else," he wrote. "We hear lots of things and we don't really know what's going on. It seems to me to be opportunism or maybe internal [club] politics."

Author:	Barna Azul [ Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:32 pm ]
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Barca lost 3-1 at the weekend too.

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Author:	Barna Azul [ Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:26 am ]
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Quote: Neymar: Barcelona pay £11.2m in tax fraud case but deny offence Barcelona have paid £11.2m (13.5m euros) to the Spanish authorities after being charged with tax fraud over the signing of Neymar. However the Spanish champions insisted they had not committed any offence. "The aim is to cover eventual interpretations that could be given to the contracts drawn up in the operation to sign Neymar," a club statement read. Barca paid £48.6m for Santos striker Neymar, 22, in the summer with his parents receiving £34m of the fee. Costly signing Neymar Between the initial fee paid in the summer, signing-on fee, wages during his five-year deal, agents fees and this latest tax payment, Neymar will have cost the club £106.8m Last month, Sandro Rosell resigned as Barcelona president following accusations he misappropriated money. He is also being investigated but denies any wrongdoing. At the time of the move, Barcelona said they had paid 57m euros (£48.6m) for Neymar but it has been alleged that, if other contracts are taken into account, the actual cost of the player was far greater. And last week a judge in Spain ruled there was sufficient evidence against Barcelona to continue investigations into the transfer. The club added: "The board denies the existence of any tax-related crime in relation to the fiscal obligations arising from the signing of the player. "Given the existence of a possible divergent interpretation of the exact amount of tax responsibility arising from the signing and to defend the club's reputation and good name, FC Barcelona has this morning made a complimentary tax declaration of a total of 13,550,830.56 euros [...] although we remain convinced that the original tax payment was in line with our fiscal obligations." There has not yet been any confirmation whether the case will be dropped after Barcelona's payment. Neymar has scored seven goals in 18 league appearances for Barcelona this season, as well as netting three in seven Champions League matches. That seems a lot of money to pay if you think you paid the right tax in the first place? So its a bung to the authorities then?

Author:	Gallagheresque [ Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:05 pm ]
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Barcelona defender Carlos Puyol will leave the club at the end of the season.

Author:	KickerConspiracy [ Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:13 pm ]
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Gallagheresque wrote: Barcelona defender Carlos Puyol will leave the club at the end of the season. Jheri curled cunt.

Author:	Gallagheresque [ Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:09 pm ]
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El Clasico, whose watching?

Author:	Jesus O'Nazareth [ Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:42 pm ]
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Who's? Me's.