Nice change from the guns, bombs and lorries the Qataris usually finance in France.
Neymar Jr | PSG | 2017/2018 performances
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Or MSC. Hopefully he can help Barcelona stay afloat.
Of the century? Bit far that FergieTransfer of the century. Both pleased and slightly annoyed that PSG have taken that "title" from us
Bargain, stunning player!
Hope he wins the French league.
Success in the CL is all that relevant surely, i mean, they are winning ligue 1 without a shadow of a doubt, he'll play fantastic football in the league to. I don't think it matters all that much how many he scores as long as he's the best player in the league.
Does anyone see this transfer record being beaten anytime soon? I can't see any club being mad enough to spend this much on a player.
Maybe I'm the only one, but I'm quite excited about this transfer. Looking forward to the CL even more now. Maybe even watch a bit of PSG in Ligue or (or not)
might already have been asked but does this count as the world record transfer fee or not?since he technically signed for PSG as a free agent.
Waste of a talent..
Imagine a CL final between Barca and PSG now
If you really want to get sadistic about it the ideal scenario would be a Real Madrid - PSG final, after PSG dispatching Barcelona on semis and only Real Madrid being able to stop Neymar for winning a Ballon D'Or.
You can tell the Qataris behind PSG know nothing about football. It just doesn't work like this.
To win the Champions League you need the best unit, a collection of top players completely motivated to bringing silverware to the club.
Indulging in a pissing contest like this won't work.
To win the Champions League you need the best unit, a collection of top players completely motivated to bringing silverware to the club.
Indulging in a pissing contest like this won't work.
That would be true if football was the reason behind that move but it's not.
Not sure what you mean exactly but football I'd assume plays a big role in the move from PSG's point of view. Albeit football infused with a massive amount of ego and bravado.
Messi to Girona next.
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No, it's just about visibility. They wanted an extremely high profile player with huge visibility. There is only four players like that, Pogba, Neymar, Messi and Ronaldo.
PSG have won the transfer window for 2 reasons now
Doesn't look like a wink to me.
They took his eye out!
I can recall the "gun at the head " statement......
Remember when they signed 37 year old Beckham for 6 months?
Might pop over for a game next season. They are gonna be truly sold out for every game.
Real signed Figo in the same manner and he was considered the most expensive at the time so yes.
The 3 best players in the world, and Pogba.
Weird list of 4. There's only 3 players like that.
Exactly, it's the same type of move but for a younger player who is also going to improve them.
Well I had a friend who has had them as his second team due to the Ronaldinho link. He still couldn't bring himself to give a damn about Barca though
I'm not sure about what you are trying to say.
Sure I agree with that, noted it in my initial post.
However I also think they believe this will propel them to European dominance.
Pogba isn't in the same league as Messi, Neymar and Ronaldo in terms of profile. He's got a big profile, but he's surely in the next category down. He belongs in a list next to a few other players away from those 3.
They don't, they are far from stupid. Same thing about Monaco.
Course they're stupid. By your theory they just spent £200 million for "visibility."
Combined Twitter/Instagram followers is probably a suitable metric for this:
They are not stupid in the sense that they know that it's not enough to dominate, as for visibility QTA values it a lot.
He's become infinitely more likeable now he's moved to PSG. Hope he establishes himself alongside Messi and Ronaldo
As far as "Brand Neymar" goes, I'm not sure how he's improved on anything by moving to a league with lesser visibility and global audiences than La Liga. After the initial hype and excitement dies down, I don't really see many neutrals bothering to watch PSG playing against the minnows of Ligue 1. How many people really bothered following Zlatan at PSG even though he was tearing up the league in terms of goals and performances? Neymar might be far better a player but I don't see enough people really being arsed to watch that league even for him.
Also, however well he does in the league, it's his CL performances only which will be looked at when judging him and he could be the BITW and yet not win awards because his team (and/or him) might fail in a match or two in the CL. Look at Messi this year, easily the best in the world over the course of the season and yet won't be winning any awards because he and Barca didn't perform in 2-3 CL games all year.
He can call it ambition all he wants but it's purely greed and money for him. I'm pretty disappointed this has gone through as I loved watching Barcelona purely for MSN and I know I won't really bother catching Neymar much apart from the CL games and the occasional big game vs Monaco. It's a pity he's decided to go to such a poor league, always had great hopes that he'd go on to be POTY at Barca. I guess money will always come out on top for the Neymars.
Also, however well he does in the league, it's his CL performances only which will be looked at when judging him and he could be the BITW and yet not win awards because his team (and/or him) might fail in a match or two in the CL. Look at Messi this year, easily the best in the world over the course of the season and yet won't be winning any awards because he and Barca didn't perform in 2-3 CL games all year.
He can call it ambition all he wants but it's purely greed and money for him. I'm pretty disappointed this has gone through as I loved watching Barcelona purely for MSN and I know I won't really bother catching Neymar much apart from the CL games and the occasional big game vs Monaco. It's a pity he's decided to go to such a poor league, always had great hopes that he'd go on to be POTY at Barca. I guess money will always come out on top for the Neymars.
Players like him and Suarez with their theatrics will never really be likeable wherever they go imo.
Does his new contract have a buyout clause ?
I'll be surprised if his dad didn't get something reasonable enough put in.
we should sign Lebron James
That was quick, seemed like it was shaping up for a long saga.
Wonder whos going to get dropped and if hes going to play on the left or as the central striker
Wonder whos going to get dropped and if hes going to play on the left or as the central striker