Brazilian striker Neymar played with Cat and Ball Barcelona during the season just before going to Pari Saint-Germain, said Vice President of the Spanish club Jordi Mestre. Paris Saint Germain paid 228 million euros for Neymar to release the Brazilian buyback clause last August. This made Neamar the most expensive player ever in the history of football. Everyone in Barcelona believed that during this season Neymar will play on the Nou Camp, and Mestre himself was confident to 200 per cent as the striker stayed.
"What hurt me the most is how it happened," Mestre said in an interview with the Sports newspaper, "We all talked to him and his father all the time we were involved in his story." While they were not revealed If he had come and told us: I want to go as Cesc Fabregas, Pedro, Alexis Sanchez and as Javier Mascherano did, we would have reached an agreement, because what can you do with a stone on the boat? he played with us like a cat with a mouse. The time has come when we said that we will not pay the renewal fee for his contract.
No one asked for a comment from Reuters, nor Neymar, nor any of his representatives, responded. Neymar renewed his contract with Barcelona in 2016, making it clear that in order to be active he should receive a bonus of 26 million euros. Barcelona did not pay this bonus and sent the money to a notary. The World Football Federation (FIFA) has begun investigating this case after receiving a complaint from the Brazilian striker. Mestre added that Neymar's behavior has led to a rise in inflation in the transfer market. "If he wanted to go to Pari Saint-Germain and have said it clearly, we were ready to let him in for less money." On the one hand, we could save a lot of money, and also the media attention was not we have a good impact, "said the vice president.
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