Neymar promised private jets and €40m contract for PSG move

When Ligue 1 big-spenders Paris Saint-Germain attempted to lure Neymar from Barcelona in the summer, the riches promised to the winger totalled a staggering amount.

Plenty of clubs were linked with a mammoth deal for the Blaugrana star, who was said to be ready to leave Lionel Messi’s shadow and become the leading man for a new club, but eventually he committed his future to the Camp Nou club.According to Wagner Ribeiro, the player’s agent, it all began with a meeting in Ibiza between PSG chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Neymar, and his father.

Put on the table was a basic five-year contract of 50 million euros, a private jet to travel to Brazil games, as well as a share in a new chain of hotels that would bear his name – akin to Cristiano Ronaldo’s latest venture.

A second meeting took place in Sao Paulo, where Les Parisiens confirmed their intention to pay Neymar’s 190m euro release clause, and while the attacker considered the proposal, it was eventually rejected.

“We were talking for two hours and Neymar was excited,” Ribeiro told ESPN Brasil, “Al-Khelaifi explained that tax would not be an issue and he’d be No. 1 in the team, which cannot happen at Barcelona.

I told Neymar it was an unrealistic proposal, he’d become the highest paid player in the world.”If Neymar stayed in Barcelona it’s because he’s happy there, in the club and the city. I wanted him to go to PSG but his father advised him to stay.”