Scandal in France: PSG investigates influence peddling in Neymar’s transfer from Barcelona

A before and after meant in 2017 the Transfer of Neymar to the French club from FC Barcelona. Paris Saint Germain paid the record sum of 222 million euros for the Brazilian footballer’s letter. In this sense, the French digital newspaper Mediapart revealed that PSG is under investigation for alleged influence peddling which would have helped it evade taxes generated following the transfer, so that the team’s purchasing power is not thus diminished, acting contrary to administrative jurisprudence.

The aforementioned media confirms that Gérald Darmanin, then Minister of Public Accounts and current French Minister of the Interior accompanied by his chief of staff, They would have collaborated with PSG so that after completing the historic transfer of Neymar they should not pay such a high amount of taxes.

The survey itself is carried out from 2022 by two investigating judges (carrying out pre-trial investigations to gather more information), who investigate the case. Alleged influence techniques allegedly used by Jean-Martial Ribes, former communications director of PSG. The judicial system of this country, seeks to find out if Hugues Renson, former MP for the ruling party, sought to obtain “tax advantages” for PSG in the transfer which continues to this day to be the most expensive in the history of world football.

In this direction, Since last Monday, January 15, various registers have been kept within the Ministry of the Economy and Finance. in order to clarify what happened and find enough evidence that could incriminate the French politician. The search took place in the presence of the two investigating judges already mentioned. But it didn’t stop there, that too Different services belonging to the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFIP) were registered, which, at the time, were under the direction of Bruno Le Maire, the current Minister of Finance of the French government.

In a report sent on November 21, the investigators of the case are alarmed by a possible “Bribery” speak former MP Hugues Renson (motivated by Jean-Martial Ribes, then director of communications for PSG). The letter details the existence of messages at least ten years old, in which Ribes expressly requested Renson’s services.

The text also announces that the former vice-president of the National Assembly of this country, would have raised on July 24, 2017, a “PSG matters” who would have ordered Gérald Darmanin will supervise the transfer of the millionaire.

The current head of the interior, consulted on this subject, declared that he was “Very happy that footballers come to our country, pay a lot of taxes and have a lot of tax revenue. Yeah Neymar would not have come, taxes would not have been paid, football shirts would not have been sold in his name and social security contributions would not have been collected.”