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Breaking: Neymar: Prosecutors drop charges against Brazil, PSG star

Corruption and fraud charges against Neymar have been dropped by prosecutors in Spain.

 

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The charges were made against the Paris St-Germain and Brazil forward and others accused in a trial over his 2013 transfer from Santos to Barcelona.

Prosecutors had initially sought a two-year jail term and a 10m euro (£8.6m) fine for the 30-year-old.

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But they announced the withdrawal of charges “against all the accused for all the allegations” they had faced.

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The other defendants in the case included Neymar’s parents, the two clubs, former Barcelona presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, and former Santos president Odilio Rodrigues.

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