Barcelona: Neymar might return from Paris Saint-Germain on a swap deal
Barcelona is planning an ambitious reunion with Neymar. His high transfer worth could see them resort to proposing a swap deal.
Brazil international Neymar is keen on leaving Paris Saint-Germain after realizing that he made a mistake by leaving Spain. The winger has been eyed by Real Madrid since some time whereas former recruits Barcelona could be on for a reunion with the 26-year-old as well.
It has been less than two years since Neymar completed his transfer worth 220 million euros to Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona signed his successor in Ousmane Dembele, but the Catalans are willing to make changes, as reported by The Sun.
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Ousmane Dembele has been on target five times this season for Barcelona and scored some very important goals, his latest one being against Atletico Madrid last weekend. However, his unprofessional conduct has seen him getting left out of the squad.
The Spanish champions are worried about the youngster’s situation after he has missed a few training sessions and has even gotten late for them at times due to his addiction to playing video games. Dembele’s social circle is also being questioned by the club.
Following some quarrels and possibly following out with Ernesto Valverde, Ousmane Dembele has reportedly asked to leave the club at the end of the season. With that said, Barcelona is looking to seize the opportunity and use him as a decoy in getting back Neymar.
Sources have been claiming that Neymar could land into Barcelona in a supposed swap deal that will see Ousmane Dembele go the other way, thereby reducing the club’s financial expense on re-signing the former Santos forward.
While Barcelona could be set for a benefit, the rumour comes as a blow to the ambitions of Arsenal and Liverpool as both of them were plotting moves for Dembele. There was no contract situation about the interest, but the English clubs did want the Barcelona star.
Neymar’s proposed return to Spain looks like a fantasy but it is certain to put the Catalans’ peace in jeopardy because of star egos clashing at some point or the other. Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez are indispensable players in the starting eleven, whereas Philippe Coutinho has also cemented the left winger’s role for himself.
Neymar’s arrival could see the former Liverpool forward’s Barcelona career get hampered or leave Arthur Melo on the bench and allowing Coutinho to play the left midfielder’s role. The fact that Barcelona will be heavily stripped whilst paying wages is another case.
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