Luis Álvaro of Oliveira, in an image of archive beside Neymar

EX PRESIDENT OF THE SAINTS

It dies the president that sold to Neymar to the Barça

Published:16/08/2016 - 21:01h

Updated:16/08/2016 - 21:01h

In the last hours has died Luis Álvaro of Oliveira, the ex president of the Saints that was in the charge when the Brazilian club traspasó to Neymar Jr to the FC Barcelona, in summer of 2013. In Brazil was more known like "LAOR"

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The ex president that found in the highest charge of the Saints FC when the club "Peixe" traspasó to Neymar Jr to the FC Barcelona in summer of 2013, Luis Álvaro of Oliveira, has died in the last hours to the age of 73 years, as it has infomado in first instance "Globoesporte".

The relations between the family of Neymar Jr and Luis Álvaro of Oliveira, more known like "LAOR", had enturbiado notably as a result of the controversy and derivative trials of the signing of the Brazilian footballer by the FC Barcelona, a case that still is not closed.

In the Saints, Luis Álvaro of Oliveira received in the club to footballers that have been important in the last years, as Robinho, Goose or the own Neymar Jr. It was to charge of the team during five years, between 2009 and 2014, but left the place temporarily for reasons of health in several occasions until in 2014 left it definitively.

Diverse informations signal that it suffered a tumor in the digestive tract, although desconoce if that has been finally the cause of his demise. Of Oliveira relieved to Marcelo Teixeira in 2009, when winning the elections with more than the eighty percent of the votes. It rest in peace.

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