The mercato journal: Neymar, Barça no longer believes in it (at all)

The crisis is coming to Barça, not Neymar

The rumors of a return of Neymar to FC Barcelona should not last long. Saturday, Javier Tebas, president of the Spanish Federation and generally not tender with Paris Saint-Germain, swept the corridor noises. "Neymar is not at the top of the Barça priority list," he said. The club currently does not have the capacity to effect such a signature. At the moment, it's totally impossible. ” The economic crisis following the coronavirus pandemic would have seriously damaged Catalan finances, to the point of eradicating all hope for a transfer of Neymar (28 years old). Catalunya Radio said earlier that Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan) was Barça's priority in attack, not the Brazilian. Information corroborated by Esportiuthis Tuesday, speaking of a "harsh reality". "I would bet more on the signing of Lautaro than on the return of Neymar," points out a member of the management of Barcelona. One of his colleagues even describes as a "utopia" a departure of Neymar, under contract until 2022, from Paris to Barcelona.

All of Neymar's goals with PSG in the Champions League

Thomas (Atlético) to strengthen the environment in Paris?

Paris Saint-Germain should be affected by the transfer window this summer, and not just because of the Neymar or Edinson Cavani files. Sports director Leonardo identified Thomas Partey as a choice midfielder according to RMC Sport . The Atlético de Madrid player (26), under contract until 2023, has become indispensable under Diego Simeone. The Madrid club have been discussing an extension for several weeks, without success. This month, AS reported that Atlético wanted to sign a new lease to Thomas Partey (26) in order to sell it more expensive than his current release clause of around 50M €. Inter Milan, Manchester United and even AS Rome were mentioned as contenders other than PSG.

Bayern to buy Perisic from Inter

On loan from Inter Milan to Bayern Munich this season, Ivan Perisic is expected to stay in Bavaria, according to the daily  Sportske Novosti . The two clubs are in talks to complete the final transfer of the Croatian attacking midfielder (31 years old). Perisic, who joined Inter in 2015 from Wolfsburg for € 19 million, has played 22 games with Bayern this season for 13 starts.

Perisic's first goal with Bayern against Mainz (6-1)

Tonali (Brescia) too expensive for Barça

According to Mundo Deportivo , FC Barcelona has not followed up on Brescia's proposal for the transfer of midfielder Sandro Tonali. The Serie A club would have claimed € 60 million for their Italian international (19 years old) according to the Corriere della Sera . An amount too high in the eyes of Barça, for a player who has only two years of contract including one optional. The idea of ​​including Catalan players in the transaction would have emerged, but the likely relegation of Brescia, last in the ranking, makes this option obsolete. Sandro Tonali was regularly announced on the shelves of Paris Saint-Germain during the last mercatos.

Edouard towards an extension at Celtic

French center-forward Odsonne Edouard is chatting with his Celtic club to extend his contract, reports Football Insider . The former international hopeful (22) is currently linked to the Glasgow club until 2022. Trained at Paris Saint-Germain, Edouard was on the shelves of Arsenal, Everton and Lyon as revealed by France Football . The Frenchman has scored 27 goals in 45 matches in all competitions this season.

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