How? The only player who can change a game on his own in world football now more than Neymar is Messi. He can literally take the ball anywhere in the final third and dance his way past players like they are not there. You can have as many world class midfielders, defenders, goal poachers or whatever and they still wouldn't offer as much impact, potentially of course. It's like saying Barcelona should have sold Messi 10 years ago if they were offered *insert whatever amount*. Neymar is no Messi but the point is he belongs to a very unique category of players.
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He may not be in that category, but he's better than Bale and Aguero quite clearly. And he's better than Suarez too imo.
He's only bettered by Messi in terms of a creative attacking force in world football.
There are no buyout clauses in France, so that is not an option.
Agreed. He's worth the world to them. 200, 400, doesn't matter. Buying Neymar is basically making a shortcut to everything they're trying to build.
Don't cut half of the post because the first part is important here. And the risk is not far greater, the risk would be greater if doubling the world record had a impact on the injury proneness of the player and remember they don't care about money, it's not as if it was going to prevent them from spending next year, only the wage would be a problem but there are insurances for that.
In a world where 85m £ is being paid for Lukaku 222m € for a 25 y/o Neymar seems a good price. Would be great for PSG.
If this goes ahead he will forever regret not becoming the hardworking wing-back he could have been under Mourinho. Sad.
There's a Messi and Neymar thread floating around I'm sure.
If this is actually happening I'm sad for his career and glad it's not us paying this much for him.
I also have a hunch that there's probably more money involved under the table, 220m euros actually seems meh for Neymar in this market
I also have a hunch that there's probably more money involved under the table, 220m euros actually seems meh for Neymar in this market
True.
Heh.
Doesn't matter anyway. We cooled our interest weeks ago. Just didn't get around to telling anyone.
That part is crucial people in here think about football, PSG's owners think about geopolitics. If Neymar fails it will be someone else, their goals aren't football related. They are not United, Barcelona, they are not a sugar daddy club either, El Khelaifi is a publicist for Qatar and Neymar is their current potential Hollywood sign.
I hope we don't attempt to sign him (unlikely anyway) because I would prefer it wasn't us to be the ones who 'destroyed the market'.
Imagine the abuse PSG are going to get from all other fans
For the sake of football, it's best that he stays at Barcelona and he will.
I hope we don't attempt to sign him (unlikely anyway) because I would prefer it wasn't us to be the ones who 'destroyed the market'.
Imagine the abuse PSG are going to get from all other fans
We'll probably be blamed in any case.
It's because that's his buy out clause. Had it been a higher clause like €500m I doubt Barca would have even considered €220m. Barca can't do anything but offer a new contract to Neymar to counter it. If PSG actually have met the buy out clause it's up to Neymar to make the decision
I hope we don't attempt to sign him (unlikely anyway) because I would prefer it wasn't us to be the ones who 'destroyed the market'.
Imagine the abuse PSG are going to get from all other fans
We'll get abuse regardless. Might as well get them with Neymar on board
. Seriously though, don't think it's viable at all for any club who isn't funded by a private oligarch and plus I doubt Neymar is interested in coming here.Geopolitical signings? Christ Rouve, it's all gone mad.
? Barcelona don't have any say in the deal if PSG meet the buy out clause. PSG are under no obligation to sell Verati.
Neymar is easily worth €200m, he's top quality, young and marketable.
The main risk if he signs for PSG is that he loses himself in the Parisian nights like Ronaldinho.
The main risk if he signs for PSG is that he loses himself in the Parisian nights like Ronaldinho.
Does no one else think this is just a revenge shot from the PSG owner for Barca's public courtship of morata?
IIRC he threatened to do this with Messi a few years back when Barca tried to turn Thiago Silvas head.
Like a big "We warned you not to feck with us, no suffer the consequences"
Think if this does happening will break the market, Fifa and IMF will want more control over football finance.
IIRC he threatened to do this with Messi a few years back when Barca tried to turn Thiago Silvas head.
Like a big "We warned you not to feck with us, no suffer the consequences"
Think if this does happening will break the market, Fifa and IMF will want more control over football finance.
Well, that's why they bought PSG to promote Qatar. I remember that people couldn't make the difference between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, now they know that it's not the same.
Our £100m Greizmann will look like pennies when we sign himWe'll get abuse regardless. Might as well get them with Neymar on board
Theres not a chance in hell that neymar would leave playing at barca with messi to go to psg. Psg can offer whatever they want, dont see why he would leave.
If Neymar is actually available I think at least three clubs (including us) would readily pay the fee.
It's not every summer a player of Neymar's caliber goes anywhere. I don't get what's so incredulous about this; the market is a shambles and this as a top-end makes more sense than what's going on to drive bottom levels up.
No it wouldn't - £75m-£90m for Lukaku looks more absurd than double that plus a bit for Neymar.
No they haven't (presuming this actually happened). There's only 1 Neymar, and there won't be a player anywhere near his level sold this window. The price for Neymar wouldn't be a barometer for anything else, unless you were going in for an equivalent level player. Players like Lukaku and Walker going for what they did is far more damaging to the market as a whole than this.Wow
Next thing you know WWIII breaks out because of a football transfer.
Someone wants a new contract that makes him feel special and loved.
Oh yeah, the buy out clause. Hmm..
he won't cost £100m anymore if Neymar goes for £200m!!!Our £100m Greizmann will look like pennies when we sign him
Is this on then? I assumed it was just PSG trying to stir shit up after Barca went for Verratti, a bit like the whole Thiago Silva/Messi thing a few years back, but it hasn't dropped off the homepage all day.
Hopefully we already have an agreement
Again, buy out clause.
100M Euro right?This is about who's got the biggest private parts by the Qataris.
Their income for 2016 is $750 or €679 or £575. I know you are saying 16/17 .
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtba...s-record-revenue-of-750-million/#706ef3f35b1e
For 2017 its reported as $770 or €708 or £590
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtba...istory-of-sports-at-770-million/#56ca30ac7e82
Not sure what these numbers mean, in what they can or cant afford but its a lot of money upfront before tax and overheads.
Again, buy out clause.
Bless Spain and their buy out clauses
Could be wrong, but didn't he claim it was done several times? It was obviously a lot further off than he thought it was.
On Neymar, if he really is interested in moving, we should try to get him. Guy is a genuine superstar and would take us up a few levels by himself alone. Not to add his commercial potential.
SO does this mean PSG are about to spend 300M on 2 players 222M on Neymar and 70-80M on Sanchez?
They wont go for Sanchez. They dont need two wingers/IFs. Where does ADM play for them?
I guess this decision is irreversible? Anyway, it's all nonsense and I don't see him leaving at all. He'll replace Messi soon enough and he's way too good to be at PSG. We should be in for him even at the 200m price if he were genuinely interested in a move.
Maybe we can't afford it?
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