[han2503]

All discussion involving other European leagues here

Just to get things rolling, Pogba will apparently have to sit out Man U's first game due to yellow card accumulation in the Coppa Italia (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[han2503]

Ah, yes, I thought you meant on Neymar's part. Barca fans can go f*ck themselves as can their club.

I also find it hilarious they put in a 222M release clause and when a team actually legitimately activates it they grass them up to Uefa.

Disgusting football club, dislike them intensely.

Agreed about Barca

I find it hilarious that they have no reservation when they themselves have been tapping up Verratti all summer, but once it's their player they're up in arms, shouting foul, FFP, UEFA, FIFA, courts, etc, etc

I don't like what the likes of PSG and City have done to the sport, but this serves Barca right. Finally getting a taste of their own medicine and man is it bitter!

As for the release clause, Spanish clubs are forced by law to include one in the contract. Barca have some ridiculous ones, which just a few months ago, no one though anyone would get anywhere near...

I really don't believe any of that. It's just a matter of $$$, nothing more. If he really wants to be the best, PSG and the French league certainly ain't the way to do it.

Agreed. He was still a star at Barca and could have made the move elsewhere. PSG and France were the cop out easy solution to get bucket loads

Why not? Mpabbe managed it. He's now arguably a top 5 striker at age 18 and worth 150M.

Bit dismissive of the French league I'd say there!

To say Mbappe is anywhere near Neymar's level is a stretch, the kid has had a break out half a year with Monaco. Sure he produced some really stellar stuff but come on!

He's not a top 5 striker in the world, not yet. This massive over-hype job that the media and fans have been doing for the last few months is ridiculous, especially when 90% of them have only watched him in a handful of CL games and don't follow him in France

Nothing wrong with it being about the $$$, but it's probably the need to be THE STAR at a club as well. I think it's about time he had that shot.

PSG are in the Champions League and they've got a damn good squad. They do need to attract a proper coach though.

He's a star at Barca already. He's loved (or was) by the fans. Messi is 30, Neymar is still young. And had he wanted to really be a STAR he would have chosen another club. He's going to France where he'll be forgotten for the majority of the season by the majority of football watchers as no one really follows PSG avidly in the French league unless they're PSG or League 1 fans to begin with. The amount of coverage he had at Barca will drop significantly now. So how is this not a move for the moula again?