Paris Saint-Germain reportedly offered Barcelona star Neymar a private jet and a stake in a chain of hotels, as well as £34 million per year in their attempts to persuade him to join them in the summer. Per ESPN Brazil (via Matt Heath-Smith of the Sun), Neymar's agent, Wagner Ribeiro, revealed the Brazilian star met with PSG owner Nasser Al-Khelaifi to discuss a potential £160 million move to the Parc des Princes.
"We held two hours of talks, and Neymar was impressed," Ribeiro said. "Nasser [Al-Khelaifi] told him they had no tax issues and he would be the team’s main man, which is not the case at Barcelona. I told Neymar that it was an unbelievable offer...there would have been no other footballer earning as much as him."
However, the 24-year-old Neymar opted to stay at Barcelona and signed a new contract, tying him to the club until 2021.Heath-Smith cited reports in Spain indicating Neymar initially met Al-Khelaifi in Ibiza and then Sao Paulo, with the PSG chief prepared to meet "any cost" to snag the superstar forward.
A private jet was reportedly included in the offer, while Neymar would also have had a string of soon-to-be-built hotels named after him.
His new deal with Barcelona includes a mammoth release clause, which currently stands at €200 million (£170.3 million), and it will rise to €222 million (£189 million) for the second season of the contract and €250 million (£212.9 million) for the final three, per the club (via the Guardian).
Losing Neymar would have been a big blow for Barca, but the Camp Nou chiefs can now surely rest easy he is not going anywhere after he turned down such reported riches from PSG.
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