Barca pay 13.5 million euros in Neymar tax case

Barcelona's Neymar (C) watches the ball during a training session at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, northern England, February 17, 2014. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis

MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona have paid 13.5 million euros (11.1 million pounds) to the Spanish treasury after they were charged last week with tax fraud in the signing of Brazil forward Neymar.

The Spanish champions reiterated that they did not consider they had committed any offence and said they had made the payment due to a "possible difference of interpretation" about how much they owed after signing Neymar in the close season.