Florentino will testify in the trial against Rosell and Neymar for his transfer to Barça

Florentino Pérez will be one of the 18 witnesses in the oral trial that the Section Sixth of the Audience of Barcelona will begin next Monday 17 October against Sandro Rosell and Neymar Jr. The querella was interposed by presumptive corruption in the signing of the Brazilian in the summer of 2013, a negotiation that closed in 75 million euros, but whose real cost reached the double of this quantity.

The president of the Real Madrid was proposed like witness by the Brazilian bottom DIS, one of the parts demandantes beside the Federation of Associations of Professional Athletes of Brazil (FAAP). Pérez was very attentive to the negotiations between the FC Barcelona, Neymar Santos (father and representative of the player) and the Saints, club in which militaba the one of Mogi give Cruzes. The Madrid led during several months the 'career' by the signing of 'Ney', but Rosell took out the best part.

Finally, the forward arrived to the Barça in May of 2013 with an agreement by five seasons in return of 7 'kilos' net by year. The 'crack' Brazilian left four years later in spite of having renewed his agreement in 2016 by five seasons more, until June of 2021, crediting the clause of gradual rescission established by the club of 222 million euros to leave to Paris Saint-Germain.

The testimony of Florentino in the session of the Tuesday 18 October will be key, since DIS alleges some statements that the mandator 'merengue' conceded to Josep Pedrerol in the program 'Jugones' of 'LaSexta' on 3 February 2016. This day, Pérez ensured that the mount real of the signing of 'Ney' by the Barça rose to 150 'kilos' including a premium of signing of 25.1M to the father of the player and other 60M by diverse concepts to the company N&N Consultoria Esportiva, also property of Neymar Santos.

The sanctions to which confront Neymar and Rosell

In the case of the ex president culé, the Fiscal Ministry requests a penalty of 5 years of prison and 10 million euros of fine by corruption and swindle. In the meantime, the Brazilian player confronts a possible penalty of 2 years of prison and other 10 'kilos' of fine by corruption in the operation. By his part, Josep María Bartomeu would be exonerated by the Fiscalía, since the instance considers that the then vice-president of the club did not have active part in the negotiations made between 2011 and 2013.

By his part, the father and the mother of Neymar confront penalties of 2 and 1 year of prison, respectively, whereas the ex leader of the Saints, Odilio Rodrígues, would confront a penalty of 3 years of prison by the crime of swindle. In the case of the FC Barcelona, the Fiscalía requests a fine of 8 million euros by his participation in the case. To the Saints would correspond him pay 7 'kilos', while the company N&N Consulting Esportiva would confront a fine of 1.44M. The Barça already paid 5.5M in 2016 to the Fiscalía by fiscal crimes, quantity that exonerated then to Bartomeu and Rosell of penal responsibility.