BARCELONA: Barcelona said on Friday (Saturday in Manila) they would decide next week whether to accept a deal with Spanish prosecutors over Neymar’s contested 2013 transfer and avoid going to trial on tax evasion charges.

The star’s transfer from Brazil’s Santos was originally valued at 57.1 million euros ($64.5 million) by Barca, but Spanish judicial authorities estimated it at 83.3 million euros—with the difference allegedly going to Neymar, his family and Santos.

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