BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu has said the operation to bring Neymar to the Catalan capital was "completely legal" and reiterated the club's innocence of tax fraud in signing the Brazil international.
In the latest twist to a saga that prompted Bartomeu's predecessor, Sandro Rosell, to step down last month, a Madrid court on Thursday charged the Spanish champions with defrauding the tax authority.
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