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Brazilian club Santos, which was seeking €61,295,000 in damages from FC Barcelona for “breach of the transfer agreement” relating to Neymar Jr’s move to Catalonia in 2013, has just had its claim dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
‘CAS considers that the contract between Santos and the player was terminated by mutual agreement and that FC Barcelona did not breach it by paying additional compensation to the player’s father and the company N & N,’ Barça wrote in a statement.
CAS also states that FC Barcelona did not act fraudulently when it signed a pre-contract with Neymar Jr, nor when it signed a transfer agreement with Santos.”