3 clubs ready to pay £200m for Neymar, Man Utd linked

Three clubs are ready and able to pay the £200m release clause in Barcelona star Neymar’s contract, according to the Brazilian’s agent.

Wagner Ribeiro reckons three of the world’s biggest clubs are interested in signing his client. He declined to name Neymar’s suitors, but Manchester United have been strongly linked with him in the past and are thought to be one of the three.

United are one of only a handful of clubs who could realistically entice Neymar and finance the deal. That leaves Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich as the other likely contenders.

According to Spanish newspaper Marca, Ribeiro told Radio Jovem Pan: “Today there are three big clubs in the world who want to hire Neymar and pay the €200m clause to FC Barcelona.

“I can not say anything else, because it is a sensitive subject.”

The report claims that Neymar’s future is still in the air. Given that he is widely reported to be in the final stages of negotiations over a new long-term contract at Camp Nou, perhaps Ribeiro is trying to squeeze every last cent out of the Catalan giants before his client signs.