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[caption id="attachment_31247" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Court fines Barcelona, closes Neymar's case. Image Source: Leaders NG[/caption] Internet Desk: A Barcelona court has ordered that FC Barcelona must pay two fines totalling 5.5 million euros ($5.8 million) for two tax offences committed in the signing of Neymar, in accordance with the agreement that the club already reached with the prosecution. After a brief hearing in which Barça's legal counsel, Ramon Gomez Ponti and lawyer Cristobal Martell, presented the agreement signed with the public prosecution, the court ratified the fine on Wednesday, reports Efe news agency. Under the agreement, which acquitted the former president of the club, Sandro Rosell, and the current one Josep Maria Bartomeu, Barça will pay a fine of $5.8 million for two offences against the public treasury in the fiscal years of 2011 and 2013, in the signing of Neymar. "This Wednesday, the legal representative of FC Barcelona ratified the conclusions of the procedure in relation to the transfer of the player Neymar Jr, at the headquarters of the Provincial Court of Barcelona," a club statement read. "The ratification of the agreement has been signed together with the Public Prosecutor's Office and the State Attorney's office. "This agreement will be approved in the ruling that is soon to be released by the Provincial Court of Barcelona, which will close the process that began following the complaint made by club socio Jordi Cases before the National Court in December 2013." This ruling comes to repair the damage caused by Barça's tax offences, which amount to $13.86 million, and to establish measures to prevent similar offences from happening in the future. With inputs IANS.