Both Manchester City and United are hot on the trail of Barcelona’s Neymar according to @GazzettaWorld

Luca wrote:

McLewis wrote:il Tempo has us linked to Martin Caceres now.

That's the 2nd Juve outcast that we've been linked to in a week. The sad thing is that both him and Ogbonna would likely improve our backlines

Caceres is quite solid, just injury prone- I don't think he would be a bad signing for Roma, personally. I would rather him stay, but if it means Rugani stays then I understand.

If that price-tag from Sky is to be believed, 4m for a player of this calibre is quite good...if not a tad unbelievable.

That said, it's his injury-proneness that I have pause with. Last thing we need is another defender who can't stay fit. Got 2 of those already.

Madrid to pay Neymar's €190m release clause

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is prepared to pay Neymar’s €190 million release clause.

Source: Marca

http://www.marca.com/futbol/primera-division/2016/01/22/56a1756846163f3a328b45e5.html

More chance of RG admitting Wilshere is overrated than that happening (:

Let's go Perez, Neymar deserves his own team to win ballon dor and to be be paid like messi/cr, let's do this

Perez

Imagine having a team built around him than playing second fiddle and obeying to the orders of dictator Messi.

Yeah,he's leaving sometime soon,i dont know where,but he'll leave.

Except he isn't You love spouting crap without evidence though so it's not surprising.

Dont get so touchy babe.There's many teams who would happily pay double the salary to what he's currently earning at Barca and maybe build a team around him.

Somebody is going to trigger that clause.

I'm not touchy

Couldn't care less actually, but the mere idea he's anything but happy there is nothing but nonsense.

The only ones who try to even report he wants out are garbage papers with no actual credibility.

Someone is going to trigger a 190m clause? righto, as always you are saying what you want to happen rather than anything that you think is possible.

Like the Verratti and leaving PSG farce, i had to tell you a million times over that there weren't gonna sell him and the Madrid links were nothing but nonsense.

Same thing here i'm afraid.

What I wouldn't do for Neymar. Harmonica probably chipped in and funded Perez for this.

I wouldn't mind Neymar either.

But we can't afford him, simple as that, and he sure as hell isn't going to leave Barca for Real lmao.

I'd love to see each major star have a team built around them rather than playing with eachother to create superteams like Barca/Real.

We all know that isn't how they think though, and I'm sure Neymar would rather play with Messi and win countless trophies moving forward than chase money/glory by himself.

Enough about Nerman, it's not even interesting anymore.

What i dont understand is the Lewandowski-Madrid-Bayern triangle.

Lewandowski and his agents know that a move guarantee the player the biggest contract of his career, either to Madrid or PSG.

Bayern will sell if they get a big enough offer, circa 100 mil, i assume.And they are already targetting Higuain

What are RM doing going for him when Benzema is playing the best football of his life and Zidane is coaching the team

PSG actually makes more sense for him given that they need to replace Ibra

Hans Mole pls explain

PSG have been in contact with Bayern Munich for Robert Lewandowski, according to L’Equipe.

Nothing to see here. Lewa, and especally his agent, might want a Madrid movr at some point. "Career trajectory" and such BS.
This point however surely is not this winter.

And since you'll have a transfer ban after that, I guess you'll just have to continue with DMzema.

Surprised Lewa is so open to a move considering he's playing for an elite club currently.

Was L'Equipe always such a terrible publication or is this a new development?
So much BS, on par with English tabloids tbh

Onyx wrote:Surprised Lewa is so open to a move considering he's playing for an elite club currently.

money, he is looking for a new deal, he is 27

Hapless_Hans wrote:Was L'Equipe always such a terrible publication or is this a new development?
So much BS, on par with English tabloids tbh

I believe that particular rumor because Ibra is leaving and Cavani is misfiring.They need someone big in attack if they cant lure Cristiano to Paris.

But when are we talking about? Summer?

It's just there's so much BS everywhere. I also read that when Carlo signed he specifically asked, and got guaranteed, that Bayern would not let Lewa go.

Lewa himself said when asked about the Higuain rumours "Bayern don't need a new striker" lol.

I don't know. But it should be clear that we'll not be selling a top striker like Lewa in winter, or even next summer, just because someone's asking about him, or 'getting in contact' lol.

It might well be that PSG need a striker lol. What has that to do with anything thoug?
We don't need to sell. Why should we?

Why would Lewa go to PSG lmao?

Yes,summer.

There's just too much money going around nowadays.Imagine PSG or an EPL team offering 2x the wage he earns at Bayern..

Now i know Bayern can afford it but i realistically i would imagine they wont break their salary cap.

You just cant tell nowadays..Absolutely anything can happen.

Shhhhhh calm down he isn't going to leave us.

True, but then first of all what happens is that the player wants to leave.
Just because he's offered a better contract doesn't mean we'll sell.
Don't forget Lewa joined us on a free so it's not like we have a fee to miss out on.

Actually, if PSG want Lewa there's exactly one way they can get him.

Give us Verratti.

Pretty sure Ancelotti wants Lewa at Bayern, but would want Verratti even more lol.

Generally speaking, the probability of Lewa moving in the next 2-3 years (not this summer I'd say) is higher than with other players as we have a high fluctuation with strikers.

I cant help but feel like Bayern would sell for a big enough enough, knowing they can pick up higuain for a lesser amount. Lewandowski is a great striker, but there are equally talented strikers in europe who can perform just as well with the context that he has at Bayern.

But Hans, it's all about the money i am afraid. PSG can easily offer him 15-16+ millions euros net on 5-6 years as a deal. At 27 it's a no brainer. That's close to 30+ mil gross, it's huge.

He will win domestic trophies just as well with PSG and the CL is not guaranteed to anyone.

Mr Nick09 wrote:
But Hans, it's all about the money i am afraid. PSG can easily offer him 15-16+ millions euros net on 5-6 years as a deal. That's close to 30+ mil gross, it's huge. i dont think you have any player making that kind of $, and that's enough to sway his mind

He will win domestic trophies just as well with PSG and the CL is not guaranteed to anyone.

That's nice, and I don't dispute that. I also won't pretend as if better wages aren't the major factor for players to decide on a move.

Still doesn't explain why we should sell him. He can go where he likes after his contract.

Mr Nick09 wrote:I cant help but feel like Bayern would sell for a big enough enough, knowing they can pick up higuain for a lesser amount. Lewandowski is a great striker, but there are equally talented strikers in europe who can perform just as well with the context that he has at Bayern.

That's possibly, but then at the same time all questionable.

Is Higuain as good or better than Lewa?
Would he be gettable, for less than we would get for Lewa?

I don't know and frankly I don't think it's really an issue.
It's only an issue for the clubs that WANT Lewa, we already have him.

Well from the player's point of view, i think he is looking for a bigger contract, whether with you or another club.

From Bayern point of view, it's harder to say. You have historically been very strong at blocking moves you dont like. The one thing that made me suspicious your club in this case would sell for the right price is the rumoured approach to Higuain. I mean some one your exec openly said you liked it...What? you dont sign someone like Higuain to rotate with Lewandowski