Lionel Messi bid farewell to Neymar on Instagram Wednesday after the Brazilian striker told him and other Barcelona teammates he was leaving, saying it was a “huge pleasure” to have played with him .
The Catalan club confirmed Wednesday that Neymar wanted to leave after weeks of intense speculation, taking the 25 - year - old closer to a potential world record move to Paris Saint -Germain .
“It was a huge pleasure having shared all those years with you, my friend @ neymarjr ,” Messi wrote on Instagram next to a montage of pictures of both football stars high- fiving, embracing or laughing .
“I wish you lots of luck in this new stage in your life . See you soon tkm , ” he added. “ Tkm” stands for “te quiero mucho ” (I love you loads ).
Speculation over Neymar ’s future has dominated the first few weeks of new Barca boss Ernesto Valverde ’s reign.
On Wednesday , the Catalan club insisted the Brazilian’ s 222 million euro ($ 260 million ) buyout clause must be paid .
Such a fee would smash the current record £ 89 . 3 million ($ 111 million , 105 . 2 million euros) Manchester United paid for Paul Pogba last year .
The player ’s advisor Wagner Ribeiro said the fee would be paid “ in the coming hours ” and Neymar could be presented in Paris “this weekend. ”
AFP
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment