Neymar joins PSG on a five year deal

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Release clauses in Spain are conditional on the league accepting them. La Liga can certainly block the transfer, and it appears Barcelona are encouraging them to do so.

What a late twist. :)

I still think he'll be staying.
 
harshad said:
Can La Liga really stop the transfer? Whether PSG is in compliant with the FFP rules or not is not the look out of La Liga and would fall within the purview of UEFA.
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I highly doubt it, they're just desperately trying to cling to one of their top players. Serves them right for their obvious bias towards Real & Barca all these years.
 
themoyesboy said:
Release clauses in Spain are conditional on the league accepting them. La Liga can certainly block the transfer, and it appears Barcelona are encouraging them to do so.

What a late twist. :)

I still think he'll be staying.
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Neymar will wipe the floor with them in court, he's got a release clause and he's willing to pay it there's really not much they can do. They just hurting from getting fecking dicked.
 
themoyesboy said:
Release clauses in Spain are conditional on the league accepting them. La Liga can certainly block the transfer, and it appears Barcelona are encouraging them to do so.

What a late twist. :)

I still think he'll be staying.
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League accepting them ? WTF
 
I'd love to see what La Liga is doing work as this deal and City's current spending make a mockery of FFP. But, I doubt they have any legal grounds to actually do it, and it will just lead to a massive legal mess. I'm not sure Barca even want a prolonged legal case about a player who has agreed to leave to go on, which is what will happen if La Liga does what it claims they are willing to do.
 
cyberman said:
Neymar can join PSG because he's already a star. Someone like Antoine would just disappear imo.
Plus whoever joins PSG has the same problem as Neymar had under Messi.
Honestly, imaging their owners had bought an English club instead. We'd all be fecked.
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Man City have been spending obscene amounts of money for years. They just haven't invested it very well wisely thank feck, although I think they have done very well this year unfortunately plugging their weakest problem areas.

City are expected to blow close to £300m by the time the transfer windows ends. Probably they will have spend more net than PSG (who are expected to raise a lot of money selling). We are dealing with a very similar problem club on our doorstep.
 
Surely PSG would have until the end of the transfer window to sort out FFP? You can't be deemed in breach of it at the start of August?
What happens if the sell Lucas and ADM?
 
themoyesboy said:
Man City have been spending obscene amounts of money for years. They just haven't invested it very well wisely thank feck, although I think they have done very well this year unfortunately plugging their weakest problem areas.

City are expected to blow close to £300m by the time the transfer windows ends. Probably they will have spend more net than PSG (who are expected to raise a lot of money selling). We are dealing with a very similar problem club on our doorstep.
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Yet they wont get the dominance of English football because Epl is a great leveler.
 
PSG have now officially bought their way into the elite clubs. Not in footballing terms, cause they still haven't won or even come close to the CL. But in terms of spending power and pull. The prospect of playing with the likes of Neymar will certainly help them in attracting top talent.

Mixed thoughts about this.Watching Barca not able to get Verratti and then getting one of their biggest player taken away from them sends a huge message. The likes of Barca and Madrid can't just pick the players they want and get them anymore.

The bad part is, this shows how money just dominates football and the oil clubs seemingly have unlimited money. So all the top clubs like United, Bayern, Barca and Madrid won't be able to match the oil clubs in spending. Teams can now just buy their way to the top with no repercussions.

I think they should cap the amount of money any club can spend in a given season. Say 150m, this way it can at least control this situation from spiralling out of control. This will also force clubs to think before they buy, which is always a good thing.
 
Yowzer, I'd love to be able to filter all tweets to not include Neymar ones. It's really not a saga I'm keen to get spammed on. I guess other supporters felt the same about Pogba last season.
 
A lot of giddyness in this thread.

It's understandable given how the big 2 in Spain have hogged the world's best players. However, a few things stand out about this deal for me. Firstly that a player of Neymar would be willing to drop down so much in terms of the competition he plays in. That's disappointing. I wanted to see him take over from Messi and Ronaldo in La Liga and become the best in the world performing like that in the current best league. Instead he's happy playing in France which is a big odd.
Also depending what Barca do now this could further confirm the shift of power in Spain from Barca to Madrid.

Finally while there's no one barclona could get who is as good as Neymar, Dembele is one player they could sign and still be exited about for the future in what he could become.
 
I mean if Barca have accepted he's leaving then they dont even have to worry about the release clause, they just accept the fee like a normal transfer.
 
222m I'll take it. I remember a year or 2 back saying (In exaggeration) Messi is worth *gasp* 250m in rebuttal to crazy fees for players being thrown around in the press. Now that insane unimaginable amount is actually happening and it's not even Messi. What's he worth now? 450m?

In a way it sucks to lose neymar he's an entertaining player and on top form can win you trophies, plus I was thinking he's going to take over when Messi retires. But all things considered (wages issue, crazy demands from him and his father, taking "sick" days off to party with his sister etc) I'm happy as long as we make smart decisions with the money. We need a strengthened midfield much more than we need neymar, and I actually think a workhorse similar to Pedro will benefit us more tactically, and tactics win you trophies if you already have players of or above neymar's caliber.

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Lmao
 
amolbhatia50k said:
I wanted to see him take over from Messi and Ronaldo in La Liga and become the best in the world performing like that in the current best league.
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:lol:

That's never going to happen ever. Messi and Ronaldo have pushed boundaries that is not reachable by neymar. Also its not the best league one bit.
 
I "hate" PSG. They were cool before the money took over, now - like City - they stand for a concept of football I detest. And I don't understand Neymar why he is following the money. Barca has more prestige, more chances of interesting trophies, a better and more interesting league, and I am sure he gets paid well there as well.

However, when it comes to football itself, I like the idea that Real and Barca don't collect all the world stars. Maybe the CL is getting a bit more interesting.
 
Why are Barca feeling so butthurt about this. They do this every year to other teams. The way they signed Fabregas was disgusting. And why is La Liga acting like Barca's stooge. The FA doesn't do shit for the English teams and here we have La Liga trying to block a legit transfer. Even if PSG are breaking FFP, an inquiry needs to be done by UEFA and sanctions be given according to the offence later. They have no right to block a transfer just because they think so.
 
We should bid a tad below the fee as I'm sure they'd rather sell to us them PSG. Neymar could achieve a lot at United. Neymar will not turn France into an amazing league. PSG will WALK the league and maybe do well in Europe but it would be a bad move for him. People say...wow Paris!!! But they always played in Paris. This is about money and that shouldn't come before ambition. C'mon United!

People say that it hurts Barca but it has a knock on effect. If they got Dembele and Mbappe then would they be crying? Probably not but if they retained Neymar then we could go for Dembele so them getting over 200m isn't a great thing for us and many teams because they can be stronger if they use this money wisely. Since we're mostly united fans, I've no interest in him going to PSG. If he ain't coming here, then wtf.....

Why don't Neymar ask Zlatan which league is better....
 
I just remembered that i predicted Neymar to leave and Juve to win the CL at the start of last season.
This is the point I delete most of the other tweets so I look like I know what I'm talking about (damn you Juve)
 
I find it disgusting that La Liga would reject a team meeting his release clause for the reasons quoted. If PSG feel they can pay it, they are within their rights to do it just as any other club would be, and it's their business whether it's within the limit of FFP or not - they could say that they would just take punishment when it comes and skip a season of CL and they should be allowed to if that's what they want. He has a release clause and anybody that meets it should be allowed to buy him regardless of circumstances. That's what release clauses are for.
 
Striker10 said:
We should bid a tad below the fee as I'm sure they'd rather sell to us them PSG. Neymar could achieve a lot at United. Neymar will not turn France into an amazing league. PSG will WALK the league and maybe do well in Europe but it would be a bad move for him. People say...wow Paris!!! But they always played in Paris. This is about money and that shouldn't come before ambition. C'mon United!

People say that it hurts Barca but it has a knock on effect. If they got Dembele and Mbappe then would they be crying? Probably not but if they retained Neymar then we could go for Dembele so them getting over 200m isn't a great thing for us and many teams because they can be stronger if they use this money wisely. Since we're mostly united fans, I've no interest in him going to PSG. If he ain't coming here, then wtf.....

Why don't Neymar ask Zlatan which league is better....
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I dont think neymar can fullfill his potential in this league one bit. This league will refuse to get Rolled over.
 
Sarni said:
I find it disgusting that La Liga would reject a team meeting his release clause for the reasons quoted. If PSG feel they can pay it, they are within their rights to do it just as any other club would be, and it's their business whether it's within the limit of FFP or not - they could say that they would just take punishment when it comes and skip a season of CL and they should be allowed to if that's what they want. He has a release clause and anybody that meets it should be allowed to buy him regardless of circumstances. That's what release clauses are for.
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If it was true and if the LFP and Barcelona are genuinely doing it, then they should be in huge trouble with the EU, the UEFA, the FIFA and Spain. This could be the ultimate corruption test.
 
Sarni said:
I find it disgusting that La Liga would reject a team meeting his release clause for the reasons quoted. If PSG feel they can pay it, they are within their rights to do it just as any other club would be, and it's their business whether it's within the limit of FFP or not - they could say that they would just take punishment when it comes and skip a season of CL and they should be allowed to if that's what they want. He has a release clause and anybody that meets it should be allowed to buy him regardless of circumstances. That's what release clauses are for.
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Exactly. It's not up to La Liga to determine whether a deal fulfills FFP.

If the transaction is fishy, the relevant organizations will block the move.

Either seems like newspapers talking rubbish, or desperation by Barcelona/La Liga to keep the best players in Spain.
 
prtk0811 said:
I dont think neymar can fullfill his potential in this league one bit.
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Apart of me questions if he's strong enough or has the desire to stay on his feet but I just feel going to France is like only playing in the CL. No offence if anyones French - or supports a French team but I'm not seeing the point. How many French teams can compete with PSG? But I think he would do well in England. We don't have oil money though which is sad for us.
 
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