PSG wants to get rid of Neymar: he attempted a barter with City but Guardiola refused

Paris Saint Germain makes headlines as Lionel Messi scored his first goal in Christophe Galtier’s new team. But also for Neymar. According to the international press, in an attempt by the coach and the club to cut costs, the Brazilian was offered to a European giant, which has ruled out the possibility of incorporating it.

This is Manchester City, even if the rumor was denied almost immediately. According to the newspaper The Parisiansin what they called trade of the yearNasser Al-Khelaïfi would have proposed to sell the Brazilian – who earns 30 million euros net a year, one of the highest contracts in the squad – and to exchange him with another player of the Qatari group: the Portuguese Bernardo Silva.

However, from England it was Pep Guardiola himself who denied it. “It is not true. I’m sorry for them, but their information is false“said the Catalan in a press conference on the City’s pre-season tour in the United States on Wednesday.

“Neymar is an incredible player and, from the information I have, he is an incredibly kind person.. So leave him alone, let him express his incredible talent in Paris, “added the man who hasn’t become Ney’s coach in Barcelona since the Brazilian arrived a year after the coach left.

Manchester City have already given one of the hardest hits in the European preseason market by signing young Norwegian prodigy Erling Haaland, hitherto at Borussia Dortmund. He also incorporated Argentine Julián Alvarez, but Guardiola slipped that there would be no more names, remembering that in every preseason “It looks like Manchester City will sign 150 players”.

According to the French media, meanwhile, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi appears to have left Neymar’s hand, after a season with many injuries. Added to this was the continuity of Kylian Mbappé, who clearly compromised his finances.

However, City, another with Arab capital managing its finances, “has responded negatively to this possibility” ever since Guardiola did not want to “unbalance the construction of his group with the arrival of such a star”according to Le Parisien.

At PSG, who beat Kawasaki Frontale with a goal from Leo Messi in the first of the friendlies he will play around Japan, Galtier replaced Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino with the goal of the “restructure a modelcreate a bond between men, sign up for a short period – two or three seasons – and put an end to bad behavior by establishing a framework that is understood and respected by all ”.

For now, as part of that plan, the club has already got rid of several important pieces of the team –like the Argentine Ángel Di María– but it looks like it will be difficult for him to get rid of an expensive token like Neymar.

Neymar, who is currently with PSG on the Japanese tour, arrived in Paris in 2017 for a record € 222 million but has not lived up to expectations, even though the Brazilian insists on not leaving and wants to finally explode. in the French club. with which He has a contract until 2027 and where, from the last market, there is his friend Messi.