Pushed out by Paris Saint-Germain during the summer, Neymar received offers from Newcastle and Chelsea. The Brazilian snobbed the Magpies, but he reportedly left the door open for the Blues.
Pushed out this summer, Neymar stayed at PSG.
Neymar did have offers to leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer. The Spanish daily El Pais confirms on Wednesday that the Brazilian striker has been the subject of two offers in England: one came from Newcastle, the other from Chelsea.
Newcastle wanted to strike a blow
As mentioned during the summer transfer window, Newcastle dreamed of offering the 30-year-old player. While Paris SG was ready to part with it, the Magpies wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make Auriverde the head of the gondola of the new project launched since the takeover of the club by a Saudi fund. For this, the English team was ready to splurge.
The current 6th in the Premier League were the only club in the world ready to honor the almost 400 million euros that PSG owe Neymar for all elements of his contract until 2027 , writes the newspaper. Except that, it is not a surprise, the Parisian declined the proposal. The Toons project was not yet attractive enough to convince him to leave Paris to go to the north of England.
Chelsea interested Neymar, but…
On the other hand, Neymar would not have been insensitive to Chelsea’s approach, although his main desire was always to continue his adventure in the French capital. Still according to the same source, the Blues offered a loan with the payment of part of the player’s salary up to 10 million euros net per year. A not very advantageous deal for the PSG which would have had to continue paying a large part of the salary of the former Barcelonan. This is one of the reasons, in addition to tax complexities, which led the two clubs to close this file.
At the time, Chelsea’s interest had fled and Thiago Silva had even encouraged his compatriot to join him at Stamford Bridge. He has to come to Chelsea. If he leaves, he must come here. There is no longer any need to speak of its qualities. Plus, he’s a great friend. , had launched the central defender of the Blues TNT Sports. Finally, Neymar stayed in Paris, where he had a very good first half of the season (12 goals and 9 assists in 16 games).
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