According to the papers, Brazilian star Neymar isn’t all that well settled in Paris. Despite his monstrous €222m switch from Barcelona happening just back in the summer, the rumour mills are firing up that he could be heading back to Spain very soon. Is the Brazilian about to call time on his Parisian tenure?
It has been reported that Neymar’s dad has already sat down with Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez to discuss a world record deal that would take the Brazilian to the Bernabeu where he could join up and create a formidable force with Cristiano Ronaldo. It’s touted that it would be a £220 million deal.
Given that Real Madrid have had something of an average season by their standards, maybe they are a little desperate to kick things up as they trail Barcelona by eleven points already in the La Liga title race. It would be an interesting move for Neymar, having caused animosity at former club Barcelona for the way that he departed, for him to them go to their big rivals would make for an interesting El Clasico or two.
Paddy Power have Neymar at 20/1 to make the switch to Real Madrid in the January transfer window, while he is a 9/4 poke to head there in the summer. The bookmaker has a price of 6/5 on Neymar leaving PSG in the summer transfer window. He is a quote of 8/1 to head to Manchester City as his next permanent club to join up with Pep Guardiola’s light blue machine.
PSG are currently top of Ligue 1 with a huge nine point lead over second placed Monaco and Lyon and they look as if they are going to run pretty much unopposed to the title there. But they are also a recognizable force in the UEFA Champions League betting market where they are 5/1 joint favourites alongside Bayern Munich to win the title, with only Manchester City shorter at a price of 3/1.
