Neymar Faces Trial in Barcelona before FIFA World Cup

Neymar Faced Trial Just Weeks before Qatar World Cup; Denies the Allegations. Brazilian football star Neyamar Jr. went on trial in Spain over accusations of transfer irregularities to Barcelona almost a decade ago. The high-profile trial began in Barcelona on Monday. DIS, a private Brazilian firm, accused Neymar and his father (also Neymar's agent) of orchestrating unofficial payments to avoid the share of DIS in 2013. The company owned forty per cent of Neymar's playing rights when he was in Santos. Later, he joined Paris Saint-Germain with a record transfer fee of 222 million euros in 2017. Alongside Neymar, ...