French champions Paris Saint-Germain have revealed that Spanish giants Barcelona must splash out a world-record fee of €220 million to re-sign Neymar next summer.
According to The Mirror citing Spanish news outlet Mundo, the 26-year-old Selecao captain is said to have an agreement with PSG owner Nasser Al-Khelaifi that he can return to Nou Camp at end of this season - for the same amount the Parisians coughed out to sign him two seasons ago.
The report added that since the clause in Neymar's contract went viral, the Brazilian forward is now expected to reunite with former pal Lionel Messi at the Catalan club.
Already, club president club president Josep Maria Bartomeu has informed Messi and other top players at Barcelona about the intending return of Neymar to the club, according to Mundo .
The report further revealed that Neymar is keen to return to Barcelona, is due to the form of French youngster Kylian Mbappe at the moment.
The summer World Cup winner has been in superlative form - scoring goals for fun at PSG and for the Les Bleus.
Neymar is worried the 19-year-old Frenchman will send him into oblivion.
Mbappe was on the front cover of Time magazine - a position very few footballers have accomplished in recent time, including the Brazilian who has never enjoyed that privilege in his career so far.
Equally, as a World Cup winner, Neymar is threatened that Mbappe will go and claim more accolades as age is still on his side.
At the last count, the Brazilian is struggling to be in shape for matches, especially, with opposing defenders marking him out for rough tackles.
In addition, the Brazilian is also eager to return to Barcelona as he is missing former teammates that includes the of Messi, Rafinha and Luis Suarez at the Nou Camp.
At the moment the Brazilain still maintains a healthy communication with some of Barcelona's eggheads and has reportedly informed one executive about his desire to return to Spain.
However, the La Liga outfit are weary about the influence of Brazilian's father, who also doubles as his agent.
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