Article by goal.com

The Catalans' president is on the brink of stepping down after a judge announced on Wednesday that the investigation into the transfer is set to continue in courtNEWS FEATURE
By Adrian Boullosa & Ben Hayward

Just one day after a judge announced that the investigation into Neymar's move from Santos to Barcelona will continue in a Spanish High Court, Blaugrana president Sandro Rosell looks set to stand down.

Barca bought Neymar for a fee of €57.1 million in May of last year, but only €17.1m of that went to Santos, with third-party owners originally believed to have claimed the rest.

However, supermarket chain DIS say they never received their share and Barca have since admitted paying the €40m to the company co-owned by Neymar and his father, N&N.

Rosell claimed on Monday that Barcelona have "nothing to hide" over the transfer, but the Catalan club have been unable to fully explain the €40m payment and a Spanish prosecutor has now requested further documents from the current Liga leaders after claims last week that the player's contract may be 'fake'.

Barca moved quickly to deny those accusations, but prosecutors remain unconvinced by the documentation facilitated by the Catalan club and the investigation is set to continue in court. "There are sufficient grounds to carry on with the investigation," judge Pablo Ruz said on Wednesday.

And on Thursday, Barca called an emergency board meeting in which Rosell is expected to tell his colleagues he no longer wants to lead the Catalan club for the remainder of his mandate, which is still in its first term and runs until 2016.

So as the case continues to take its toll on Barca and Rosell, Goal looks at the ins and outs of the saga, plus the possible ramifications for the president.

Fair enough.

True. And it was 2012, the year Messi were in an incredible form. Scoring against every team and being the best in decisive moments. Vilanova played all the season with 13 players, not including any youth in the team, Not giving playing time to players who needed it (Song, Tello,Alcantara, Bartra...etc), he had a good start of the season due to Messi sucess and good physical conditions, he never rested main players even after 5-0, lost tactically most of Clasicos, didnt find a solution when needed( Celtic,Milan, PSG, before Bayern).The most boring tiki-taka i have seen was under Vilanova, and the less efficient no doubt.
And yes, when you are competing in all competitions, and your actual coach (an ex-assistant) is unavailable for many months, A president like Perez would have taken a decision even if it failed, doing nothing to the matter was a lack of courage for Rossell because we had already won La liga as RM were 12pts behind, and we had nothing to loose.

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