Marca has gained access to a document signed by former Barcelona Presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu in which they "undertook to pay 50% of any compensation" due to Brazilian company DIS if a complaint over the signing of Neymar was submitted and a court of law ruled in the company's favor, according to Luis F. Rojo of MARCA. The document is an addendum to the transfer paperwork signed by Barcelona and Brasileiro club Santos when the deal went through, supposedly for just €17.1M. The fourth point of the agreement reads as follows: "In the event that the sum to be paid is greater than the aforementioned amount [€6.84m], both clubs, Santos and Barcelona, shall be bound to pay half (that is to say, 50% each) of the monies exceeding this sum." Yet Barcelona has "subsequently sought to renege on this agreement and pass the buck entirely to Santos." On June 18, Judge José de la Mata agreed to hear a lawsuit lodged by DIS against Barcelona, Rosell, Bartomeu, Santos and the São Paulo club's higher-ups, as well as Neymar, his father and one of the family's companies. The charges being pursued are corruption and fraud. DIS, which owned 40% of Neymar's rights, believes it was "conned" because it only received €6.8M in the deal that took Neymar to Barcelona, when it feels it "should have netted" at least €34M. Other "controversial" parts of the paperwork bundle include a contract giving Barça first refusal on three Santos players -- for which the club paid €7.9M, "way above the market rate -- and another stipulating that the two clubs would play a friendly in Brazil." Under the terms of the latter deal, Barcelona is "supposed to compensate Santos" to the tune of €4.5M ($5M) if the match does not take place, which it has not to date. DIS believes that these two agreements "were in fact ways of increasing the transfer fee while avoiding giving the company its cut," which would be almost €5M ($5.62M) (MARCA, 6/29). A link to the copy of the contract obtained by Marca is available here.
