• Judge gives pair 20 days to respond to tax accusations
• Prosecutors allege taxman was defrauded of €12.7mThe president of Barcelona,Josep Maria Bartomeu, must provide a written response to accusations of tax fraud allegedly committed in the signing of Neymar in 2013, or after the public prosecutor decided that he has a case to reply.
According to Catalunya Radio,the investigating judge in Barcelona has given both Bartomeu and their former president Sandro Rosell 20 days to respond and considers them defendants – a step that moves the case closer to court. There had been hopes at the Camp Nou that the decision to perambulate the case from Madrid’s tall court to a Barcelona court in the summer would accomplish it less likely to go to trial.
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Source: theguardian.com