BARCELONA, April 23 -- Spain's Supreme Court on Wednesday announced it had confirmed the acquittal of Neymar and former Barcelona presidents of corruption charges centred on the Brazil star's 2013 transfer to the Catalan giants.

Brazilian sports investment firm DIS initially took legal action in 2015, saying it lost out financially on Neymar's transfer because it owned 40 percent of his sporting rights when he was a young prospect at Santos FC.

DIS said the true value of the deal had been obscured by those involved and that it was not informed of the existence of an exclusivity contract in 2011 between Neymar and Barcelona.

But a Spanish court acquitted all defendants - including Neymar, his parents and former Barcelona presidents Jose...