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Heartfelt transfer of Neymar near completion as Neymar agree to leave

It is understood the total value of the deal for the transfer of the samba star is worth nearly £450m (€500m), which includes wages, bonuses and a buyout clause of £198m (€222m). Neymar has been offered a basic salary of £26.8m-a-year (€30m) after tax, around £515,000-a-week. A source in Spain close to Neymar has declare in the News: "Since he decided to leave, Neymar has had to deal with huge pressure to stay at Barcelona. His teammates wanted him to stay but his decision was made." The source went on: "People will say this has been driven by money, but he wants to become the leader at the club. He wants to be independent, and wants to win the Ballon d'Or. He believes he can do that in Paris."  Barcelona’s official position was that Neymar was not for sale but, with PSG willing to meet a clause the Catalan club had considered unpayable when inserting it in his contract extension last year, the matter was out of their hands. The fee dwarfs the record €105m Manchester United paid Juventus for Paul Pogba last summer.

PSG had anticipated that and always intended to meet it. A five-year contract for Neymar has been waiting to be signed for several days. The wages are understood to be around €30m a year after tax – equivalent to around £520,000 a week – almost doubling the player’s salary. Neymar Sr and others including the agent Pini Zahavi are due to share a €38m payment for facilitating the move. During a training ground visit of around half an hour Neymar also told his team-mates he was leaving. They were disappointed to learn of his decision and although it was not unexpected there had been hopes they could convince him to stay. Lionel Messi posted an Instagram video and message to Neymar a few hours later, writing: “It was a great pleasure to have shared all these years with you, friend @neymarjr. I wish you good luck in this new stage of your life.”
Neymar had been due to return to training on Wednesday but was given permission by the coach, Ernesto Valverde, not to take part.  He headed for Porto, where PSG’s doctor was with Maxwell, the club’s sporting coordinator. Barcelona has been trying to fill the void by contacting the likes of Di maria and even Barcelona’s No1 target to replace Neymar,  Philippe Coutinho but Liverpool are adamant he is not for sale, there is even rumors that Barcelona are considering in bringing back arsenal forward alexis back to the club . Next on Barcelona’s list now is likely to be Borussia Dortmund’s Ousmane DembĂ©lĂ©. Kylian MbappĂ© of Monaco and the AtlĂ©tico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann are also coveted but those deals would be harder to secure.
 
Neymar has scored more than 102 goals for the club and helped the Catalans win the Champions League, two La Liga titles, three Copa del Reys, one Club World Cup, a UEFA Super Cup and two Spanish Super Cups.

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