Madrid: Spanish public prosecutors have asked for Barcelona and their former president Sandro Rosell to be tried for two charges of tax fraud committed in the signing of Brazilian star Neymar. <img title="Neymar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/feb/3Neymar-1.jpg" alt="Neymar" /> Neymar&nbsp;
Meanwhile, prosecutors have also asked for the investigation of current Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu and the club on an extra tax charge in 2014, which could rise to 2.85 million euros.
In a judicial file released yesterday, prosecutor Jose Perals Calleja suggests that Rosell and Barca declared an inferior fee to that which they paid for Neymar in 2013.
The prosecutors believe that Neymar cost in excess of the 57 million euros ($64.3 million, &pound;42.7 million) declared to the Spanish tax man. They cite the figure at a cost of 82,743,485 euros divided into sperate contracts that secured the signing.
According to the calculations of the Spanish tax authorities, Barcelona owe a total of 12,148,696 million euros in tax on the deal, which would see the overall cost of the operation rise to 94.8 million euros.

Spanish public prosecutors have asked for Barcelona and their former president Sandro Rosell to be tried for two charges of tax fraud committed in the signing of Brazilian star Neymar

Barcelona accused of tax fraud in Neymar's signing

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Spanish public prosecutors have asked for Barcelona and their former president Sandro Rosell to be tried for two charges of tax fraud committed in the signing of Brazilian star Neymar

Barcelona accused of tax fraud in Neymar's signing

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