“With or without love, I will be there,” said Neymar very recently. Finally, he may be elsewhere… Pushed towards the exit and himself eager to leave, the 31-year-old Brazilian international is closer than ever to a departure. According to RMC, it’s actually only a matter of time, “a matter of days” in fact. The leaders of the Saudi club Al-Hilal have agreed with the former Barcelonan and their counterparts from Paris Saint-Germain, we are assured. The amount of transfer compensation has not been filtered. “Unless the situation turns around, he should leave Paris”, sum up our colleagues. It remains to be seen where we will find him in 2023-24. Still according to the same source, Neymar could indeed be… loaned to FC Barcelona for a season! In any case, he will therefore a priori no longer wear the PSG jersey, he who was, it seems, not at the Parc des Princes on Saturday, during the draw against Lorient (0-0), unlike by Kylian Mbappe. Remember that another Parisian is courted by the Ryad club, Marco Verratti, also pushed out.
Note that other sources are less positive about an agreement between all parties, such as TF1 journalist Saber Desfarges. One thing is certain: as Le Figaro has revealed in recent days, Paris-SG is more determined than ever to turn a page this summer. It’s the end of the era of superstars. “In the viewfinder: Neymar, Verratti… but not only”, slips our colleague. Could it be Marquinhos, coming on as a substitute against Les Hakes on Saturday?
Trained at Santos, Neymar Jr spent four seasons at Barcelona before joining PSG in 2017, for €222m. World record. Six tumultuous years, between injuries, controversies and desires elsewhere. I don’t love you either. If he still panicked the statistics (118 goals, 77 assists in 173 matches) and actively contributed to the good European courses in 2020 (final) and 2021 (half), the Brazilian never really fulfilled his mission, nor has he entered the hearts of the supporters. An industrial accident given the amount of his transfer… Waste.