Neymar Transfer Explained

I don't see there being anything unfair about a player being able to buy himself out of his contract. I don;t see there being anything unfair about a player negotiating other work for himself outside of his football duties either.
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I suspect that the case that’s going to have to be made is that Neymar’s appointment as ambassador to the corrupt WC has nothing to do with his buyout from Barca and subsequent transfer to PSG, and that they are separate and distinct transactions.

Maybe they’ll manage it, but personally, I very much doubt that’s going to be a piece of cake.
It may be too ‘clever’ by half.

I don't really mind the players getting paid loads, they're the talent that helps bring in the trophies and the revenue. It's the agents who I can't stand. Look at the likes of Jorge Mendes parking his players all over various clubs in recent years, Wolves being the current one, then there's Raiola the pimp and then you hear that Neymar Snr has earnt more from Barca in 4 years than Messi has

Can't believe that too...Agents are the sci.im of football nowadays

comment by I'm an Armchair Fan - I'm Burning my... (U4719)
posted 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
comment by -bloodred- (U1222)
posted 58 minutes ago
Qatar Sports Investment will pay Neymar 300m EUR to be an ambassador for the 2022 world cup. The contract will be signed in Qatar so there will be 0% tax.

Neymar will pay Barca 222m EUR to be released from his contract and PSG will sign him for free.
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Wonder if there is anything stopping neymar taking the 300m and staying at Barca
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I like this line of thinking.

Surely the contract he signs to be the ambassador ("you're spoiling us"of the World Cup can't contain any reference to buying out his Barca contract.

Therefore other than the Qatari's sending a hitman after him, what's to stop him thanking them, embracing his role as ambassador and staying at Barca £300m richer?
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Imagine if he trousered it and signed for Madrid?

comment by I'm an Armchair Fan - I'm Burning my Armchair! (U4719)
posted 2 hours, 45 minutes ago
comment by -bloodred- (U1222)
posted 58 minutes ago
Qatar Sports Investment will pay Neymar 300m EUR to be an ambassador for the 2022 world cup. The contract will be signed in Qatar so there will be 0% tax.

Neymar will pay Barca 222m EUR to be released from his contract and PSG will sign him for free.
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Wonder if there is anything stopping neymar taking the 300m and staying at Barca
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I like this line of thinking.

Surely the contract he signs to be the ambassador ("you're spoiling us"of the World Cup can't contain any reference to buying out his Barca contract.

Therefore other than the Qatari's sending a hitman after him, what's to stop him thanking them, embracing his role as ambassador and staying at Barca £300m richer?
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I would respect him forever even if he fist*d all my family

seriously cant say fist ed on this site? wtf admin

If, and it's a very big if, this story is correct, then he'd most likely still have to pay the tax in Spain as that's where he is resident for tax purposes. Don't you guys know anything? They'd have to pay him even more so he can pay the tax and then have the money left over to buy himself out.

BBC gives slightly different details:

He will earn 45m euros (£40.7m) a year - 865,000 euros (£782,000) a week - before tax from the initial five-year deal, a total outlay of £400m.

In Spain, a release clause can only be activated by a player buying himself out of his contract.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40762417

comment by supacity (U15520)
posted 11 hours, 17 minutes ago
If, and it's a very big if, this story is correct, then he'd most likely still have to pay the tax in Spain as that's where he is resident for tax purposes. Don't you guys know anything? They'd have to pay him even more so he can pay the tax and then have the money left over to buy himself out.
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I imagine it would be his limited company that got paid the money, and any tax would be written off as it was immediately invested in to the business

comment by supacity (U15520)
posted 11 hours, 49 minutes ago
If, and it's a very big if, this story is correct, then he'd most likely still have to pay the tax in Spain as that's where he is resident for tax purposes. Don't you guys know anything? They'd have to pay him even more so he can pay the tax and then have the money left over to buy himself out.
----------------------------------------------------------------------This guy is a simpleton