Paris St-Germain is apparently prepared to pay £199m for Barcelona forward Neymar.
One hundred and ninety-nine million pounds for one player. Recently let that sink in.
It is more than twofold the present world record charge of £89m paid by Manchester United for Paul Pogba and very nearly more than two times that paid by Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009.
Both United and Real have an expected worth of practically £3bn, as indicated by Forbes, so it is not past the domains of appreciation that they could bear to pay Neymar’s 222m euro discharge statement.
But how is Paris St-Germain, not in the top 10 of the world’s richest clubs, able to spend almost a third of their value on one player?
Football fund master Dr. Rob Wilson of Sheffield Hallam University shed some light on how they may go to an assention:
“What you tend to find is when clubs buy a player – for large amounts or small – they will stagger these payments over a course of a contract,” Wilson says.
“Let’s assume PSG pay £200m for Neymar and he signs a 10-year contract – they will pay £20m per year to Barcelona. Of course, the selling club has to agree to that length of time.
“You expect there to be a decent upfront payment though. When Cristiano Ronaldo signed for Real Madrid from Manchester United for £80m in 2009, the English club demanded the fee was paid in full before it was allowed to happen.
“Regarding Neymar, I think you’ll probably see a substantial initial payment – let’s say £100m – and a couple of payments afterwards to make the balance.”
PSG are set to pay enormous bucks, and will be paying gigantic wages, for a player who is profoundly capable as well as exceedingly attractive.
As per Forbes, the Brazilian is the eighteenth most generously compensated games star on the planet with £11.54m earned from his pay and £17m from supports alone, on account of manages Nike, Gillette, Panasonic and Beats by Dre.
“I think they’ll generate funds from commercial endorsements and additional sponsorships because he’s obviously a very marketable player,” Wilson says.
“PSG will be able to come to agreement with the player and his agent over image rights, and how best they can use him to promote the club.
“I think when you sign a player of that magnitude they tend to bring a level of excitement, so commercial enterprises will be more interested in partnerships with PSG.”
