BARCELONA: Neymar only signed documents his father gave him and did nothing illegal, the Brazil superstar told a Spanish court Tuesday where he is on trial for alleged irregularities over his transfer to Barcelona nearly a decade ago.
“My father has always been in charge” of contract negotiations, the 30-year-old told the Barcelona court hearing the case.
“I sign what he tells me to.”
The trial is the culmination of a years-long legal saga over his 2013 transfer, with Neymar one of nine defendants in the dock on corruption-related charges, among them his parents and their N&N company, which manages his affairs.
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