There's isn't much 'news' on that report. I'm just saying they added their credibility to the story.
I think so. Considering all the stuff, taxes bonus, salaries, the release clause, etc, Neymar negotiation would cost PSG/3rd Parties around 650m.
Nope, I'm saying that it isn't and wasn't a done deal. It was reported it was over. There was already the rumour about his dad going to France, right? So it wouldn't be out of the blue. The thing is that at that time if the negotiations didn't pan out Barça fans wouldn't hate him. You would say it was just baseless rumours, now after that Brazilian reporter confirmed the deal, now if it falls apart Neymar will have to work his way up again to build his reputation amongst Barça fans/players. I've seen his twitter feed and some fans are saying racist things in Spanish and insinuate he commits incest with his sister and other gross stuff.
IMHO, the easiest path for him was to lie and deny there was a negotiation and then if they made it work he could leave and wouldn't face any backlash (until he came back to Barcelona, of course) and if they couldn't come to terms he'd just say: "see, I told ya the Madrid press made that up".
Now he's in a bad situation.
PS. He's an adult but I blame his father, who's also his manager. He told neymar's entourage so his friends would try to convince him to move to Paris. Then one of the members leaked it to the press.
PPS. Neymar Sr. is so shady that I don't even doubt he did this on purpose knowing Barça players would convince him to stay (like they've done) but then he'd use the anger of the fans to convince him to leave anyways.
