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Neymar cost €95 million

20 January 2014 - 20:03

Barcelona paid €95 million for the services of Neymar, which is €38m more than the €57m officially reported. The Brazilian arrived at Camp Nou from Santos Last summer.

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&euro;95m is the fee that figures in the contracts signed the copies of which lie with Spanish high courts.<br />

According to the newspaper 'El Mundo', there have been previously undisclosed agreements that have seen Neymar's family pocket millions of euros in commission.<br />

Some &euro;2m was paid to the player's father to scout "new prospects at Santos" and another &euro;4m relates to an undertaking to secure "advertising contracts with Brazilian companies". In addition, &euro;2.5m was given to the Neymar family towards social causes, specifically aiding "children in the S&atilde;o Paulo favelas".<br />

Neymar has had an excellent start to his career in Spain.

Written by Himanshu Dhingra