Today in the colors of Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia, Neymar continues to make people talk about him. If the Brazilian international is currently away from the field due to a serious knee injury, it is his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain which is at the heart of the news. The reason ? An investigation carried out by Mediapart, revealing a lot of behind-the-scenes information about this 222 million euro operation. With this in mind, the French media claims that Gérald Darmanin, then minister of public accounts, would have helped PSG not to pay tens of millions of euros in taxes on the Brazilian’s transfer. But that’s not all.
Thus, the former deputy Hugues Renson of the Renaissance party, to which President Emmanuel Macron belongs, and the former communications director of PSG Jean-Martial Ribes are the subject of an investigation, as reported Release this Wednesday. Mr. Renson would have, in fact, obtained tax advantages for the capital club in the context of the Neymar affair, in exchange for tickets for PSG offered by Mr. Ribes and other favors. Considered as influence peddling, Renson could also be subject to a heavy sanction. It also remains to be seen whether Ribes and PSG risk anything in this story which will have greatly mobilized the political class…
