Sandro Rosell resigns as Barca                                                     president

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Sandro Rosell has confirmed his resignation as Barcelona president, amidst investigation into the signing of Neymar from Santos.

Rosell also said that current vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu, will take over until 2016 as agreed by the board of directos.

“I am resigning irrevocably,” Rosell told reporters.

Bartomeu informed the media that a press conference will be held on Friday and details about the future will be made clearer

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“We are going to be very firm in the defence and demand the utmost respect for our club.”

Barcelona and Rosell have always insisted that they paid just 57 million euros for the Brazilian, while other reports claim they paid as much as 95 million euros. Neymar and his family received about 51 million euros in