It’s worth what it’s worth, but it deserves to be said. In full pre-season tour with his club in Japan, Neymar expressed this Saturday his desire to continue his career at PSG. And this despite the many speculations about his future since the end of last season.
“I always want to stay at the club, said the player after the success of the Parisians against Urawa Red Diamonds (3-0). So far, the club haven’t told me anything, so I don’t know what their plans are for me,” added the Barca ex.
A very complicated year
The future of Neymar, who arrived in Paris in 2017 from FC Barcelona for the record sum of 220 million euros, has been the subject of many rumors since the arrival of a new sports director, embodied by football adviser Luis Campos and coach Christophe Galtier, and statements by PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi on the end of “bling-bling” and “glitter”.
Neymar comes out of a very disappointing exercise in Paris (13 goals and 8 assists in 28 matches in all competitions). He extended his contract in 2021 until 2025 and himself activated two clauses allowing him to stretch his lease for another two years (2027), according to The Team.
Galtier wants it
Asked a little earlier about the future of Neymar, Christophe Galtier explained that the player seemed “very happy” to him since the resumption of training, while remaining evasive about the rest of the Parisian career of the star of the seleçao . “What will happen in the near future when the transfer window closes, I don’t know,” he said. We announce him leaving, we announce him staying, I did not have an interview with “Ney” on this aspect. But he does not seem to me to be disturbed by what can be said about him and his situation at the club, through his joy in training and playing. »
The day after his appointment, Galtier had wanted Neymar to remain in his workforce. “Obviously I want Neymar to stay, because when you have world-class players, it’s better to have them with you than against you,” said the former Nice technician on July 5.