PSG offer Neymar the world but he shouldn’t leave Barcelona

PSG offer Neymar

PSG offer Neymar the world but he shouldn’t leave Barcelona

Barcelona director Raul Sanllehi was in Brazil in for the last couple of days. There are at least two theories as to why.  One is that he was trying to sign young Palmeiras forward Gabriel Jesús for €24million. The other explanation is that he was there to persuade Neymar not to leave Barcelona.

PSG offer Neymar the world but he shouldn’t leave Barcelona

PSG offer Neymar
Neymar has had best years at Barcelona

PSG offer Neymar the world in one final attempt to take him out of La Liga and into Ligue 1. If he moves to Paris, club president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi will ensure he earns as much as Lionel Messi. He will be with earnings of around €23m a season.

Barcelona cannot compete with that figure. First and foremost because the financial regulations of the club’s own statutes. They limit the percentage of the budget that can be spent on wages. And the fact that it is already at the limit is partly behind the delay in announcing a new deal with Neymar. Not at least before July 1 when a new financial year kicks in.

At Barcelona he will take home closer to around €15m if he signs a new deal. And he will inevitably continue to be in the commercial shadow of Messi whose brilliance shows no signs of dimming. Neymar could be about to win the Copa America – a competition Barcelona preferred Neymar not to play in. Provided he was also going to play in the Olympics in Rio.

PSG offer Neymar
Neymar will have a hard time deciding

If he makes his decision on purely football grounds then he must stay at Barcelona. La Liga is a far bigger draw than Ligue 1 which PSG tend to win smoothly at a canter. But only to then massively underachieve in the Champions League.

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