We Won’t Pay €1Million Bail For Dani Alves – Neymar’s Father

Neymar da Silva Santos Sr., the father of Brazil forward, Neymar Jr, has said his family will not pay the €1million required to bail Dani Alves out of a Spanish prison.

Alves is currently in jail awaiting the result of an appeal to his rape conviction.

Neymar Sr. in a statement on behalf of his family on Thursday, noted that they financially supported Alves during his trial, but that they won’t do it again.

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“For us, for my family, this matter is over. Full stop,” he said.

Neymar’s father however didn’t specify how much they gave Alves.

The 40-year-old Alves was sentenced to four years, six months in prison, after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022.