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 Dembélé. Kylian Mbappé of Monaco and the Atlético 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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