Posted on: 02:22 Sat, 27 Feb 2016



Barcelona forward, Neymar has put
pen to paper on a new deal with
Barcelona that will keep him at the
club for five more years, according to
a report from his homeland.

The Brazilian will stay with the
club till 2021, putting rest to
contract talks that have dragged on
for months, ESPN Brazil reports.

The new contract is expected to put
paid to interest from top European
clubs who have made known their
interest in the 24-year-old,
especially Manchester United.

The Old Trafford team has
consistently shown interest in the
player, including expressing
willingness to meet his massive
£144 million buy-out clause.

While the terms of his new deal
have not been made public, the
club expressed willingness to
double the player’s wages in
October 2015.

That should fetch him an amount
believed to be in the region of
£500,000 per week, an
unprecendented figure, if the new
deal is anything close to the
October offer.

Neymar, the third of Barcelona’s
three-prong attack that also
includes Luis Suarez and Lionel
Messi, has netted 77 goals in 125
appearances for the club.