Neymar staying at Barcelona after being linked with a £195m move to PSG

Reports emerged from France Tuesday that Qatari investment group own
PSG had met the buy out clause of Barcelona and Brazilian attacker
Neymar after they triggered his release clause of £195m.

The 25 year old has been at the Nou Camp since 2014. And won a treble
in his first season, and have had a trophy laden three years since he
was signed from Santos.
He signed an extension in 2016 that would keep him at the club until 2021.

In spite of the strong link to French side PSG, after they got
encouragement from the camp of Neymar, the president of Barcelona
Josep Maria Bartomeu has poured cold water on the reports by
confirming that he would remain at the Camp Nou.

Neymar has been in the shadows of Messi in his three years at
Barcelona and that is not expected to change as long as the Argentine
remains the fulcrum of the five time European champions.
He recently signed a new contract that would keep him at the club for
a further three years up still 2021.

What Neymar's strong link to PSG shows, is that the club's with a deep
pocket from their owners means huge clubs like Barcelona and Real
Madrid are no longer exempted from their player's being linked to
other clubs.

Cristano Ronaldo was strongly linked with a move away from Real Madrid
after his tax revelations in June. While the Ronaldo stories were just
that of a player throwing taltrums after being dismayed by his tax
revelations. Neymar's on the other hand has legs to it. And with the
player still young in football terms being just 25 years old, this
could easily be a recurrent speculation every summer. But for now he
remains at the Camp Nou.