Neymar knocks on Barcelona’s door again. According to information from the Catalan newspaper Ara, the Brazilian striker, who will end his contract with PSG on June 30, 2022, has decided to stop the extension negotiations with the French club to offer himself to Barça.
Just two weeks ago, the middleman and former Barcelona employee Andre Cury (a character very close to the Brazilian footballer) surprised by stating in an interview in Argentina that Neymar and Messi would play together again “but it will not be at PSG, they will be at Barça “. Cury’s confirmation was not commented on from Camp Nou, but months before, during the election campaign, Joan Laporta, ultimately the winner at the polls, had not completely closed the door to a possible return of Ney to reunite with his old colleague.
The information from the Catalan newspaper, which was not confirmed to the Barça club’s ESPN Deportes, indicates that Neymar continued to have faith in receiving Messi at PSG when it was believed that the Argentinian’s relationship with the club had been totally broken. , but that in recent months he began to suspect a change of mind in Leo, much closer to renewing his relationship with Barcelona, which is why, through people he trusted, he would tell Laporta his willingness to return. return to Camp Nou. even adapt to the difficult economic situation of Barça and significantly reduce his salary.
PSG, which is also negotiating the extension of Kylian Mbappé in parallel with its talks with the Brazilian, would be little less than obliged to accept Ney’s transfer on less favorable terms to prevent him from leaving for free after a season, which is why the player would understand that it is possible to force his exit … Although at Camp Nou the situation is not that simple.
SECONDARY OPTION
However, Neymar, by whom several key players in Barça in the summer of 2019 transferred their willingness to defer their paychecks to facilitate their signing to then-President Bartomeu, is now not an absolute priority goal from a football standpoint.
Both Joan Laporta and the sports managers of the Barça club coincide in placing Erling Haaland as the first and maximum target in the market and even the first direct contacts with his representative Mino Raiola have been maintained.
If, what is not ruled out, the signing of the Norwegian striker from Borussia Dortmund could not be carried out, Neymar’s option would increase among those responsible for Barça as Messi never hid it and continues to regard his former teammate as a first-order player.