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Neymar’s £198m PSG move is not expensive -Mourinho

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7 years ago

August 3, 2017

Neymar's £198m PSG move is not expensive -Mourinho

Manchester United Manager, Jose Mourinho, believes Neymar’s £198 million transfer to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is not expensive, taking into consideration the context of today’s market.

Neymar is on the brink of joining the Ligue 1 side from Barcelona in a deal which will smash the current world record which Manchester United set last summer when they paid £89m to Juventus for Paul Pogba.

“When we paid that amount for Paul, I said that he was not expensive,’”said the United manager.

“Expensive are the ones that get into a certain level without [having] a certain quality.”

Though Mourinho admitted that Neymar is not an expensive signing due to his ability, he however asserts that clubs will now be forced to pay higher prices for players who are not at the same level as the Brazil international.

He said: “I think Neymar is going to happen [to be] the same. I don’t think he’s expensive for £200 million, I don’t think he’s expensive, I think he’s expensive the fact that now you’ll have more players of £100m, more players of £80m, more players of £60m, and I think that’s the problem.

“Neymar is one of the best payers in the world, commercially he’s very strong, Paris Saint-Germain have thought about it.

“Obviously Neymar isn’t the problem, the problem is the consequences after Neymar.”

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