FIFA rejects Neymar’s denouncement against Barcelona over unpaid bonuses
FIFA has rejected Neymar's denouncement against Barcelona for alleged
unpaid bonuses. The Brazilian forward had demanded he be payed a €40m
bonus which had reportedly been withheld by the Catalan club following
his exit last summer.
Now that FIFA has communicated their decision to the player's
representatives and the club, the case will now enter the "ordinary
justice" system, although Neymar's lawyers could still take it to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport.
It is most likely, however, that the legal dispute will continue in
the "ordinary courts". Neymar departed Barcelona last year in
controversial terms, signing for PSG for a world record fee of £198m. He
then claimed to have not been paid a bonus owed by the Blaugrana, which
he said made him feel "very bad".
Barcelona spokesman Josep Vives had previously said: "The club
will not pay the bonus to Neymar's father. There were three conditions:
the player must not negotiate his departure from the club during the
month before the bonus became payable, he must demonstrate his desire to
fulfil his contract, and that we would not pay out the bonus before
September 1, to ensure the transfer window was closed. Now that we know
that none of these three conditions were met, we will not honour that
bonus."
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