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Barcelona takes Neymar to court over PSG move

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Barcelona takes Neymar to court over PSG move

La Liga giants, Barcelona are suing former player Neymar for 8.5m euros over his world record move to Paris St-Germain.

The Brazil international made the 222m euro move to the Ligue 1 club in August after buying out his contract.

Barcelona want to reclaim an €8.5m bonus paid to the Brazilian when he renewed his Barça deal last year.

They argue that Neymar or PSG must repay the bonus after the “unilateral termination of the contract”paved the way for the player to join the French club.

In a statement, Barca said: “The club demands the player return the already paid sum as he has not completed his contract.”

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As well as the 8.5m euro bonus, the club wants “an additional 10% because of delayed payment.”

The statement continued: “The club also requests Paris St-Germain take on responsibility for the payment of these fees if the player cannot do so himself.”

The lawsuit was submitted on 11 August to the Labour Tribunal in Barcelona.

Meanwhile, last Sunday after scoring twice on his home debut for PSG in a 6-2 win over Toulouse, Neymar criticised the directors of his former club, saying:

“For me, they (Barca board) are not the people who should be there, for the direction of Barca. Barca deserve much better.”

 

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  1. seyi jelili

    August 22, 2017 at 7:38 pm

    Neymar has outsmarted Barca. They miss him so much and no doubt about that but they should stop this litigation, it’s not needful

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