Everyone knows Neymar is trying to take his talents back to Barcelona, but right now he is doing everything he can to force a move away from PSG.
First, it was Neymar not turning up to preseason, which was a dispute PSG apparently already should have known about according to his father. It was for an event that Neymar has been a part of for the past few years, even the PSG President was in attendance.
However, Jr has not stopped, and during a recent interview he gave the following comments according to beIN Sports about his best football memory,
"Speaking to Oh My Goal, Neymar said: . . . “Secondly, the ‘remontada’ against Paris. What we felt when we scored the sixth goal… I never felt something like this. It was incredible. “When we won against PSG with Barca, it was completely… we all went crazy afterwards. I believe it was the best possible feeling for all of us.”"
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Surely claiming your best football memory was beating the team you currently play for is not a good look for anyone. It definitely will not make the brass in Paris very happy, as they try to find a suitor for the Brazilian. The problem is that nobody can really afford the astronomical asking price for the winger.
Barcelona is drooling over the player, but cannot afford him unless they offload some players like Philippe Coutinho, Ousmane Dembele, or Ivan Rakitic. There are rumours Coutinho has accepted personal terms with Liverpool over a loan move with a buyback option, but Barcelona prefers a sale because they need the money to fund the purchase of their former starlet.
Expect Neymar to just keep increasing the level of his antics to try and get away from his Parisian club. With past purchases, Barcelona has had players sit out and fake injuries just to get a move to Catalonia.
Given his past, expect the former Barcelona player to do the exact same thing. He knows the system and how all of this transfer etiquette works, but he also knows how to get around it. If he begrudges Paris enough to the point they lower his asking price, a team may be able to actually purchase the Ligue 1 star.
Where do you think Neymar will be playing next season?