The off-the-field problems of Barcelona star Neymar took a turn for the worst on Tuesday when Brazilian authorities charged him with tax evasion and falsifying documents over a seven-year period. The federal prosecutor’s office alleged that the striker committed the crimes between 2006, when he was just a promising youngster at Brazilian football club Santos, […]
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European champions Barcelona joined Real Madrid and Manchester United in earning over €500 million last season, financial consultants Deloitte revealed in their latest Football Money League published on Thursday. Madrid topped the table for the 11th year running with earnings of €577 million over the course of the season, driven largely by a €22.7 million […]
In a decision that will send shivers down the back of his teammates Neymar and Lionel Messi, Barcelona star Javier Mascherano has been sentenced to a year in prison and fined €815,000 for two tax offenses. Mascherano was given four-month and eight-month sentences for the two offences which took place in 2011 and 2012. However, […]
According to ‘Cadena Ser’, Spanish prosecutors have asked High Court judge José de la Mata to have Neymar charged on two counts: fraud and corruption, both related with his move to Barcelona during the summer of 2013. Prosecutors have also asked for charges to be brought against the following parties: Barça president, Josep Maria Bartomeu; […]
On Wednesday, the CIES Football Observatory published its bi-annual list of the 100 players with the highest transfer values in England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. The list is calculated on an econometric model by the CIES Football Observatory research team from the analysis of over 1,500 paid transfers since 2010. The criteria used includes […]
Reports out of Spain suggest that Manchester United are set to trigger Neymar’s £140 million release clause in an attempt to tempt the Brazilian away from Barcelona. United were linked with a move for Neymar this past summer as they chased a marquee signing to complete Louis van Gaal’s squad. After struggling for inspiration in […]
The best team in the planet got even stronger over the weekend as Barcelona are now able to finally register their two summer signings Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal after the transfer ban imposed by FIFA expired. Barca were prohibited from registering new signings for two consecutive transfer windows after breaching FIFA rules on youth […]