Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez has shut down rumours that Neymar Junior could join the club this summer, declaring that he was not in their pans at least.
After Lionel Messi announced his departure from Paris Saint-Germain to Inter Miami rather than Barcelona, rumours broke on Thursday morning that Neymar had offered himself to Barcelona. The Brazilian looks set to look for an exit from PSG this summer, and was even happy to drastically reduce his salary, according to the report.
Asked about the matter by Gerard Romero, Xavi was shocked by the suggestion, unaware of the reports.
“Ah… Surprise… That’s a surprise.”
“Look I appreciate Neymar as a person, as a player, as a friend, he’s a great player, but he’s not in our plans no.”
It would have been a major surprise, even with Neymar reducing his salary, if Barcelona had been able to accommodate a deal for him and not Messi.
In addition, Neymar’s continued injury issues make him a risky move at 31, and for a club that have other priorities in the market, primarily in the pivot position, it seems a long shot.
In truth, Barcelona is already in top gear when they formed the current players and they are just gracious enough to try to show that they want Messi just to save their faces when Barca did to Messi was Horrible. You can’t always put the blame on Bartomeu. What he did is unforgivable. Let’s face it. Barca is better off spending on new younger strong talent than sacrificing quality players just to accommodate Messi. What Laporta is playing is really just to save his face from the embarrassment of what he did. Laporta should just let Messi be his own man! Laporta must now accept his sin to Messi! What he should learn from Messi is Humility.
We need neymar back to camp nou because he will also help us a lot
Just add neymar,amrabat,cancelo and neves it would okay for next season
Lionel messi return to barca is not a good ideal for xavi,but laporta just want to recover for what he did to lionel that’s why