FC Barcelona Official Statement concerning Neymar signing
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Haruko The Goon
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Of course it's damaged the brand, but ever so slightly. You'll get the odd fan calling Barca a club that doesn't do things fairly.
Neutral fans will think there's something dodgy will everything you do now, sort of way fans think Madrid do their deals lol.
Barca no longer that "pure" club.
Neutral fans will think there's something dodgy will everything you do now, sort of way fans think Madrid do their deals lol.
Barca no longer that "pure" club.
footyfan
Calma, calma
Barcelona cleared of wrong-doing by the LFP.
http://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/detail/article/the-lfp-clears-fc-barcelona-of-any-irregularities-in-relation-to-the-signing-of-neymar
The LFP clears FC Barcelona of any irregularities in relation to the signing of Neymar
www.fcbarcelona.cat
04/28/2014 17:07
In a spirit of transparency, FC Barcelona would like to place on record its complete willingness to continue to provide the committee with any further information related to the signing.
FC Barcelona wish to express their satisfaction at the resolution of the Economic Control Committee of the Lliga Nacional de Futbol Professional (LFP) that there is no existence of any irregular conduct committed by FC Barcelona in the signing of Neymar Jr. The Committee met last Wednesday, April 23rd and its decision was published last Friday.
According to the committee:“in view of the appeal made to the LFP by FC Barcelona (...), there is no evidence of any irregular conduct committed by the Club which would have infringed the rules and regulations of the LFP. As a result of this, no further action in this matter will be taken”
The Economic Control Committee of the Lliga Nacional de Futbol Professional (LFP) ordered FC Barcelona to provide a series of documents in February and having analysed them in full has reached the decision that there were no irregularities whatsoever by the Club in the signing of Neymar Jr.
In a spirit of transparency, FC Barcelona would like to place on record its complete willingness to continue to provide the committee with any further information related to the signing.
http://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/detail/article/the-lfp-clears-fc-barcelona-of-any-irregularities-in-relation-to-the-signing-of-neymar
The LFP clears FC Barcelona of any irregularities in relation to the signing of Neymar
www.fcbarcelona.cat
04/28/2014 17:07
In a spirit of transparency, FC Barcelona would like to place on record its complete willingness to continue to provide the committee with any further information related to the signing.
FC Barcelona wish to express their satisfaction at the resolution of the Economic Control Committee of the Lliga Nacional de Futbol Professional (LFP) that there is no existence of any irregular conduct committed by FC Barcelona in the signing of Neymar Jr. The Committee met last Wednesday, April 23rd and its decision was published last Friday.
According to the committee:“in view of the appeal made to the LFP by FC Barcelona (...), there is no evidence of any irregular conduct committed by the Club which would have infringed the rules and regulations of the LFP. As a result of this, no further action in this matter will be taken”
The Economic Control Committee of the Lliga Nacional de Futbol Professional (LFP) ordered FC Barcelona to provide a series of documents in February and having analysed them in full has reached the decision that there were no irregularities whatsoever by the Club in the signing of Neymar Jr.
In a spirit of transparency, FC Barcelona would like to place on record its complete willingness to continue to provide the committee with any further information related to the signing.
ejuventus
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the same Laporta started, with Ibrahimovic's affaire
Galning
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Yeah..no.
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Flavia
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News about it(not good):
Spain issues tax report in Neymar case
Spanish High Court judge Pablo Ruiz has called former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell to testify on June 13 after Spain tax authorities on Tuesday submitted the results of their probe in which they allege that the Catalan club did not pay 9.1 million euros in taxes for the signing of ex-Santos forward Neymar.
The report from the Spanish tax authorities confirms that the club, which was already under investigation from Madrid-based judge Pablo Ruz, did not pay some 9 million euros in taxes due after the signing of Neymar, Ruz said in a statement on Tuesday, according to AS.
Ruz also said on Tuesday that the Spanish tax authority's report is "with exceptions" that include a potential 2.6 million euro tax evasion for the 2014 tax year as well, adding that current Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu could also be called in to testify. Barca club representative Antonio Rossich has also been called in to testify.
Ruz is in the process of his probe into the complicated 86.2 million-euro deal, in which he is reviewing documentation from Barcelona, Neymar's father and FIFA relating to the transfer amid reported suspicions of the existence of different versions of the paperwork.
The prosecution petitioned Spain's High Court back in February, outlining the reasons for wanting to take a tax case against the Catalan club. "There is a whole series of contracts that show signs of simulation, as well as financial engineering operations," the writ read according to El Pais.
The prosecutor, Jose Perals, was claiming that Barca paid a total 37.9 million euros in a signing on fee (10 million euros in 2011 and 27.9 million euros in 2013) to join the club -- money which he maintained income tax of 9.1 million euros must be paid on.
Barca had previously maintained that this figure was paid as a "penalty clause" which was triggered when the Catalan club signed the player 12 months earlier than had been previously agreed. This money was -- according to the club's own website -- paid to a company controlled by Neymar's father.
Barca have admitted that they paid out a total of 86.2 million euros when signing the Brazilian player last summer, with different amounts being paid to his former club Santos and an agency controlled by his father. Some of these payments are claimed to relate to services not directly related to the transfer, including marketing, scouting and development work in Sao Paulo.
Santos and "third-party investors" who previously held a share of Neymar's "playing rights" are also unhappy with how the 86.2 million euros was divided up, with the Brazilian club having a request that FIFA hand over all its documentation relating to the case rejected by a court in Sao Paulo.
Catalan newspaper El Periodico printed a copy of a petition from Spain's Fiscalia de la Audiencia Nacional which speaks of the different payments made and the issues which the authorities have with Barca's version of events.
Rosell, who stepped down as Barcelona president in January as the controversy over the transfer intensified, new Barca chief Josep Maria Bartomeu and Neymar Sr could all be called to testify.
All of the individuals involved continue to maintain that the deal was all legally above board. In January, prior to Rosell's resignation, the Catalan club released a statement saying that the transfer was complex but not illegal.
"The complexity of the contract, which the prosecutor calls 'contract simulation', has never been in itself illegal and we believe that the prosecutor is mistaken to believe that it is," that statement said.
ESPN FC's Dermot Corrigan contributed to this report.
Spain issues tax report in Neymar case
Spanish High Court judge Pablo Ruiz has called former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell to testify on June 13 after Spain tax authorities on Tuesday submitted the results of their probe in which they allege that the Catalan club did not pay 9.1 million euros in taxes for the signing of ex-Santos forward Neymar.
The report from the Spanish tax authorities confirms that the club, which was already under investigation from Madrid-based judge Pablo Ruz, did not pay some 9 million euros in taxes due after the signing of Neymar, Ruz said in a statement on Tuesday, according to AS.
Ruz also said on Tuesday that the Spanish tax authority's report is "with exceptions" that include a potential 2.6 million euro tax evasion for the 2014 tax year as well, adding that current Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu could also be called in to testify. Barca club representative Antonio Rossich has also been called in to testify.
Ruz is in the process of his probe into the complicated 86.2 million-euro deal, in which he is reviewing documentation from Barcelona, Neymar's father and FIFA relating to the transfer amid reported suspicions of the existence of different versions of the paperwork.
The prosecution petitioned Spain's High Court back in February, outlining the reasons for wanting to take a tax case against the Catalan club. "There is a whole series of contracts that show signs of simulation, as well as financial engineering operations," the writ read according to El Pais.
The prosecutor, Jose Perals, was claiming that Barca paid a total 37.9 million euros in a signing on fee (10 million euros in 2011 and 27.9 million euros in 2013) to join the club -- money which he maintained income tax of 9.1 million euros must be paid on.
Barca had previously maintained that this figure was paid as a "penalty clause" which was triggered when the Catalan club signed the player 12 months earlier than had been previously agreed. This money was -- according to the club's own website -- paid to a company controlled by Neymar's father.
Barca have admitted that they paid out a total of 86.2 million euros when signing the Brazilian player last summer, with different amounts being paid to his former club Santos and an agency controlled by his father. Some of these payments are claimed to relate to services not directly related to the transfer, including marketing, scouting and development work in Sao Paulo.
Santos and "third-party investors" who previously held a share of Neymar's "playing rights" are also unhappy with how the 86.2 million euros was divided up, with the Brazilian club having a request that FIFA hand over all its documentation relating to the case rejected by a court in Sao Paulo.
Catalan newspaper El Periodico printed a copy of a petition from Spain's Fiscalia de la Audiencia Nacional which speaks of the different payments made and the issues which the authorities have with Barca's version of events.
Rosell, who stepped down as Barcelona president in January as the controversy over the transfer intensified, new Barca chief Josep Maria Bartomeu and Neymar Sr could all be called to testify.
All of the individuals involved continue to maintain that the deal was all legally above board. In January, prior to Rosell's resignation, the Catalan club released a statement saying that the transfer was complex but not illegal.
"The complexity of the contract, which the prosecutor calls 'contract simulation', has never been in itself illegal and we believe that the prosecutor is mistaken to believe that it is," that statement said.
ESPN FC's Dermot Corrigan contributed to this report.
jairzinho
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I beg to differ. Where was Bartomeu when this entire deal was being discussed and carried out? He was right there. In my view, if Rossell had to leave then this entire board should have stepped down. They are all implicated. Rossell alone leaving is not enough. The current boatd cannot simply wash their hands and move on from something they were all a part of. Elections please. The members need to get off their asses.
The members have got us into this mess it's time they did something useful for a change.
If anyone interested MD are saying some scary sh#t .
http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20140...z-consultara-a-dos-merengues_54412512150.html
http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20140...z-consultara-a-dos-merengues_54412512150.html
Let's see if he's innocent.
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Flavia
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Jordi Cases dropped the charges.
He said he's satisfied with the explanations, and sees no proof of misappropriation.
The tax charges process will continue, as the spanish goverment is still investigating. But the one about rosell misappropriation of funds will be withdrawn.
He said he's satisfied with the explanations, and sees no proof of misappropriation.
The tax charges process will continue, as the spanish goverment is still investigating. But the one about rosell misappropriation of funds will be withdrawn.
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