Neymar to PSG for 220 million Euros

**RossScott1991** · 02-08-2017 01:12 PM

Sorry if been posted elsewhere. Just seeing this news, while we are buzzing and excited of the arrival of legend Stokes on a free transfer. Neymar on verge completing 220 million euros move to PSG. Crazy, completely different worlds.

Move from a club like Barcelona to PSG can only be for ££. playing in a lesser league £650,000 a week tax free he is reportedly set to earn.

When will it stop? not long before players go for half a billion at this rate.

***Hermit Crab*** · 02-08-2017 01:13 PM

Footballs ****ed.

***Stevie Reid*** · 02-08-2017 01:13 PM

Football at that level has been disappearing up its own ******** for many years now - this may well be the nadir.

***Northernhibee*** · 02-08-2017 01:13 PM

Cheap option. Wouldn't stump up for McGinn so went for second best.

**~~Firestarter~~** · 02-08-2017 01:15 PM

Rather have McGinn. Although Barca singing "we've not got Naymar, Naymar anymair"would be quite catchy.

***snooky*** · 02-08-2017 01:18 PM

Euros? Phew that's okay then. I thought you meant pounds.
Cheap at the price.

PSG owned by some big gas company are they not?
I wonder where they're getting the money?

***lucky*** · 02-08-2017 01:23 PM

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Euros? Phew that's okay then. I thought you meant pounds.
Cheap at the price.

PSG owned by some big gas company are they not?
I wonder where they're getting the money?

The Qatar government owns then

***Mibbes Aye*** · 02-08-2017 01:24 PM

PSG's scouting system is a shambles as they clearly didn't know Brian Graham was available.

On a more serious note, it is what it is. Football is one of the best examples of supply and demand. If Neymar helps them to an ECL or two, plus the shirt sales, then he probably won't be far off paying his fee back.

More relevantly, one has to suspect that the club owners aren't necessarily looking for full cost recovery and it's more about pushing on to a level where they can genuinely compete on a consistent basis for the Champions League.

**RossScott1991** · 02-08-2017 01:27 PM

Pogba will be feeling less pressure at man utd, he was what 90million? worlds most expensive player and that lasted a season, now its been doubled!

**The_Todd** · 02-08-2017 01:28 PM

He hasn't won the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup though, so for me Lewis Stevenson > Neymar.

Fact.

Endof.

***aljo7-0*** · 02-08-2017 01:32 PM

The amount of money involved is farcical and unbelievable. My 14 year old daughter will now doubt go into overdrive at how many African children could be fed for a year by the sum involved - but she is right.

Unbelievable.

**Phil MaGlass** · 02-08-2017 01:37 PM

Its pretty disgusting if I am honest.

***Keith_M*** · 02-08-2017 01:37 PM

At the current online exchange rate, that's only £196,788,583

That's a bargain.

**NAE NOOKIE** · 02-08-2017 01:39 PM

Insanity

***snooky*** · 02-08-2017 01:42 PM

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The Qatar government owns then

Apparently it's not the first time Neymar's plucked Qatar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFBIOuqF0Zo

**RossScott1991** · 02-08-2017 01:53 PM

I'd imagine if Neymar doesn't help deliver them a champions league or two then it will be a waste of ridiculous amount of money as PSG tend to win their league at a canter most years anyway (exception of the emergence of Monaco last year but their team is being picked apart)

Normally Barcelona & Real Madrid is the pinnacle for some players, was it PSG Barcelona signed Ronaldiniho from before the money? , Neymar obviously wants to step out of the shadow of Messi

**Big_Franck** · 02-08-2017 01:53 PM

Not sure if this transfer will actually go through. Tebas, the head of the Spanish league, has said that he will block the transfer and has reported PSG to UEFA for breaking UEFA's financial fair play regulations. Tebas accused PSG of artificially inflating their commercial income, reporting it as the same level as Real Madrid and Barcelona. This huge increase in revenue would then allow PSG to spend £200m on Neymar and not be breaking the financial fair play rules. Obviously PSG's commercial income is nowhere near Barcelona or Real Madrid's so something dodgy is going on.

Neymar's agent had previously said that Neymar had been offered £650k a week tax free to move to PSG. Can't say I'd turn that down.

**Geo_1875** · 02-08-2017 01:58 PM

I wonder if PSG.net has gone into meltdown with French fans asking why it's taking so long to sign Neymar. Surely someone has mentioned that he's showing PSG no respect by dragging it out and there must be other targets they could be after.

**SanFranHibs** · 02-08-2017 02:02 PM

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I wonder if PSG.net has gone into meltdown with French fans asking why it's taking so long to sign Neymar. Surely someone has mentioned that he's showing PSG no respect by dragging it out and there must be other targets they could be after.

No, they were just waiting to see if they had a chance to get Stokes. And with Lafferty already gone, not much left to choose from.

***snooky*** · 02-08-2017 02:04 PM

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Sorry if been posted elsewhere. Just seeing this news, while we are buzzing and excited of the arrival of legend Stokes on a free transfer. Neymar on verge completing 220 million euros move to PSG. Crazy, completely different worlds.

Move from a club like Barcelona to PSG can only be for ££. playing in a lesser league £650,000 a week tax free he is reportedly set to earn.

When will it stop? not long before players go for half a billion at this rate.

That's our squad player target gone then.

***Scouse Hibee*** · 02-08-2017 02:07 PM

Coutinho to Barca for sure now.

**hibby6270** · 02-08-2017 02:17 PM

One player equal to 2 or 3 times the value of the whole of the SPFL. How does that work?

The world has gone mad.

**Salt N Sauzee** · 02-08-2017 02:20 PM

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Coutinho to Barca for sure now.

Don't say that

**Sir David Gray** · 02-08-2017 02:24 PM

Disgusting amount of money hopefully it comes to a head at some point.

No wonder fans are feeling disconnected from football at the highest level.

***SteveHFC*** · 02-08-2017 02:25 PM

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Coutinho to Barca for sure now.

Heard he's signing for Hearts.

**Lago** · 02-08-2017 03:20 PM

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I wonder if PSG.net has gone into meltdown with French fans asking why it's taking so long to sign Neymar. Surely someone has mentioned that he's showing PSG no respect by dragging it out and there must be other targets they could be after.

**pontius pilate** · 02-08-2017 03:26 PM

Could well be up to €270m by the time taxes have been added. Reports though that some head boy in la Liga could make this very difficult even though he is a Madrid fan. He threatened to block the move but he could get sued by neymar. As long as the money goes from Psg to neymars reps then onto la liga thier is nothing they can do.

***Hibrandenburg*** · 02-08-2017 05:57 PM

I read somewhere else that it was only €198 million.

**Pete** · 02-08-2017 06:03 PM

I don't mind all this money in the game, I just don't like the way it's distributed in a cut-throat, greedy fashion.

There needs to be proper wealth distribution or the game will collapse from the bottom up. There are football fans all over the world and the lions share of the money they spend on the sport, regardless of who they "support" should go towards football clubs in their area.

I know the above is not directly linked to this example but saying that, I see PSG strips all the time now.