Make it a official already. Does Barcelona think the other clubs are stupid. They´ll price their players up like the Neymar deal has gone through. Sure we sell Perisic, only 150M Euros and loan of Messi.
Neymar joins PSG on a five year deal
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Sure. Neymar is ready to join PSG but - maybe - not interested in joining a Chinese club at this stage of his career: who knows?
So, Money isn't the only one consideration to be taken into account even if it's obvious money plays a key role.
Other considerations:
- Need for change: new country, new language...
- A new challenge: to be the guy who makes PSG winning his 1st Champions League
- The opportunity to be the greatest player in the history of the French League and PSG
- The desire to be treated as the mega star of his team
- He would join 5 Brazilian players, including his best friend in the football universe (Dani Alves)
- He joins a club with unrivalled (?) means and a high ambition: a "Galactico Project" as would say Chester
Neymar is no longer a child: I assume he is capable to disagree with father.
Depending on the period/region, family businesses were commonplace.
Father or stranger, an alignment of interests is always possible
His father may think the accumulation of the most money is the best course of action in a limited career, and is that so wrong?
A career is short so if a player wants to earn a maximum of money in an exotic country: it's his right and he has to be respected.
The contract was signed by 2 parties (Barcelona and the player) that agreed on the terms and conditions. So, the ongoing situation isn't really a massive surprise, but just an envisaged scenario last year. Barcelona has maybe underestimated the financial strength of PSG in a context of "FFP".
Also, Neymar needs no lessons from anyone IMO
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Neymar choosing PSG isn't surprising. Nike needs a face for their football enterprise who is also the face of his club and his country. PSG allows Neymar to be this all inclusive symbol for Nike a year before a World Cup.
What about shity as well? Been doing it for longer
I doubt Nike had much involvement in making this decision at all. The role of sponsors is always overplayed.
It's not a surprise he'll want the move.
For a temperamental 25 year old kid, having fun pissing about in an easier league, while being the highest paid player surrounded by his Brazillian mates is surely appealing. He'll only have to show up in the CL knockout games and maybe a couple of top of the table clashes with whoever happens to be challenging PSG in Ligue 1.
It's an easy route to take. He's the very definition of the spoiled modern professional footballer who has been molly coddled since he was a kid just because he is pretty good at this football thing. The way he stormed off after that training ground bust up.
For a temperamental 25 year old kid, having fun pissing about in an easier league, while being the highest paid player surrounded by his Brazillian mates is surely appealing. He'll only have to show up in the CL knockout games and maybe a couple of top of the table clashes with whoever happens to be challenging PSG in Ligue 1.
It's an easy route to take. He's the very definition of the spoiled modern professional footballer who has been molly coddled since he was a kid just because he is pretty good at this football thing. The way he stormed off after that training ground bust up.
He doesn't have much choice anyway should he leave Barca. PSG is a reasonable choice (maximize earnings, playing in competitive league, high chance of trophy every year, guarantee CL football). Yes French league is well behind Spain, ideally he could also move to Real (not possible), England (no club could afford his transfer?), and Germany (no one could afford him, and more or less the same as playing in France), so PSG is the only way to go if he hates playing second fiddle to Messi.
I would never do that! I agree with Jose, Pogba is as unique as Messi and Neymar!
4-3-3
Herrera, Fellaini, Pogba
Griezmann, Lukaku, Neymar
Actually I am not even being flippant anymore, why are we not doing this!? City will probably spend £478m next summer on a 3rd choice GK and make it all look so insignificant
Neymar is moving because of Money? Big deal, every player moves because of money. Neymar was already a superstar when he was at Santos, he moved to Barca because of money (one way or the other, more fame = more money).
Every players moves for money, it's very rare that players take a paycut and go to a new club. Neymar has the ambition to become the best footballer in the world and that won't happen until he gets out of Messi's shadow. If he moves then he's making a right decision.
Exactly. Otherwise players won't even move to Europe from South America.
Some people around here probably think PSG is bigger than Barcelona just because they signed Neymar.
Care to point out any?
The notion that PSG are bigger than Barca is almost as ridiculous as you thinking that some of the Caf think that way.
The notion that PSG are bigger than Barca is almost as ridiculous as you thinking that some of the Caf think that way.
Well, the bias against Barca and Madrid is the highest here out of every other football forum I'm on. Extreme bias makes people say and think silly things.
So that makes you think "Redcafe thinks PSG is bigger than barca"?
You need to relax a bit.
What are you going on about?
I'm going on about stuff like saying PSG would have never been eliminated by Barca if they had Neymar. As if Neymar was the only difference between the two clubs. The people who think that Barca has been hit with such a big blow with losing Neymar, and PSG is now all of a sudden favourite to win the CL will have a wake up call next season.
Not at all. The difference was that Barca had belief they could do it at 0-4 against them, and PSG had fear they might lose it at 4-0 for them. The difference wasn't 1 player. It was the mentality of Barca vs the mentality of PSG.
Erm, he did drag you past PSG in the 2nd leg.
Proper meltdown
And Neymar led that belief.
While it was 3-1 in the 2nd leg and it was looking lost, Neymar drove Barca forward. No one else amounted to anything during that period.
But what has that got to do with PSG supposedly being bigger than Barca?
Well, I can say that without Suarez and Iniesta's goals Neymar wouldn't have done shit. But I do not think 1 player is the decisive factor in a recovery from 0-4 to 6-1. It's too much for 1 player to do.
You don't get it. If not Neymar it would have been Gomes who would have turned up against PSG and put in a Mom performance.
Thanks for sharing that fact with us.
A bizarre one too
Being the decisive factor /= Being the sole factor.
Being the decisive factor /= Being the sole factor.
Is this really happening? I cannot see this going on without some consequences how the FFP is implemented in the future. Barsa has a lot of clout in UEFA and they will surely bring it up.
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He wasn't the decisive factor, just like Messi wasn't the decisive factor in Pep's Barca team. Many people here overestimate the importance of 1 player in such a complex sport as football.
If Neymar was the decisive factor for us beating PSG, was he the decisive factor for losing 0-3 to Juventus and not scoring a goal in 180 mins? Because he was absolute shit vs Juventus.
It doesn't work like that in football. Surprised that quite a few people think that's how football works. Tactics, motivation, team cohesion, team-mate orientation when pressing, things like that count the most.
You're right, it was one player and a ref.
It's odd you don't believe significantly weakening one side while significantly strengthening the other would not change the outcome of a game that was as tight as that one.
Do you think Barcelona would still be better than PSG if PSG had Messi?(obviously Barcelona don't have Messi in this hypothetical)
Speaking of bias, I was recently attacked relentlessly on a Barca forum for suggesting PSG wouldn't let Verratti join Barcelona. One fella even asked me which club I supported to which I replied United to which he called me "PL fanboy" and then minutes later I was banned. lol
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