This Monday (17), Neymar began to be tried in Barcelona, ​​Spain, for alleged embezzlement during the transfer to Barcelona in 2013.

Former Spanish goalkeeper Zubizarreta, heard as a witness on the first day of the hearing, was the first witness in the case. He was sporting director at Barcelona at the time of the deal between Santos and Barca.

Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez will also be present on Tuesday (18), as long as there is no change in the testing schedule.

The Spanish manager was already president of Real at the time and will testify thanks to the appointment of the DIS group, which is advancing the trial against Neymar.

The Madrid club have reportedly made a superior offer to the Catalans for the acquisition of the Brazilian star.

Businessmen André Cury and Wagner Ribeiro will also provide details on Tuesday.

Understanding Neymar’s Judgment

Neymar is on trial for the alleged crime of transfer fraud and corruption involving Santos and Barcelona in 2013.

According to DIS, which owned 40% of the player’s rights, the company would not have received the correct amount to which it was entitled under the agreement. Thus, DIS asserts that there was concealment of values.

Besides Neymar, the defendants are his parents, Neymar Santos and Nadine Santos; Barcelona and its former presidents, Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, in addition to Santos and its former president Odílio Rodrigues.

All deny the charges.

First, the athlete lost an appeal to the Spanish Supreme Court in 2017. In this sense, the judgment immediately advanced, reaching the current stage.

Can Neymar be stopped?

If found guilty, the player of Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazilian national team faces up to five years in prison, which would prevent him from acting, but the procedure tends to drag on.

As news of the trial gathered momentum, Neymar, on his official Instagram account, posted a religious passage.

According to the post, the ace relies on “divine support” not to “fear” the legal consequences of the case.

Neymar judged, while the Ballon d’Or was rolled up

This Monday, the world of football turned its attention to football’s biggest prize.

However, Neymar, one of the leading players on the planet, sat on the bench while Benzema won his first Ballon d’Or.

Analogous to the test, Neymar is expected by PSG to come into play this Friday (21), while his team is playing the French Championship against Ajaccio, outside, for the 12th round.

PSG lead the domestic league with 29 points, three more than second-placed Lorient. The duel between the teams will take place in two rounds.

Unlike Lorient, Ajaccio is fighting not to fall in the French Championship, since it occupies 18th place with only eight points.

With the goal scored in the last round, Neymar became Ligue 1’s top scorer with 9 goals scored. The Brazilian is tied with Canadian Jonathan David of Lille.

However, PSG’s number 10 has 7 assists so far which cements him as the best player in the competition so far.