Brazilian football superstar Neymar was cleared of corruption charges on Tuesday related to his transfer to Barcelona from Santos in 2013.
A court in Spain acquitted all nine defendants in the trial.
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In addition to Neymar, this included his parents, FC Barcelona and former club presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, Santos FC and former president Odilio Rodrigues Filho, and N&N – the company founded by Neymar’s parents to manage his career.
Brazilian company DIS had argued they lost out financially on Neymar’s transfer because they owned 40 per cent of his sporting rights at Santos and believed the true value of the deal had been obscured by those involved.
