The Neymar saga has been drawn out for some time now and reports in today’s Daily Express claim that Chelsea have balked at Santos’ £45m valuation of long-term target Neymar and insist that they won’t be held to ransom over the player.
Could Chelsea’s pursuit of the Brazilian youngster be coming to an end?
Neymar, 19, has been heavily linked to both Chelsea and Real Madrid so far this summer, which is of no surprise as he’s been tipped for great things and recently helped his side to a Copa Libertadores win over Penarol, which was Santos’ first since Pele’s era.
Pini Zahavi was in Brazil in an attempt to negotiate a deal for Neymar, but a source claimed that they were unwilling to meet Santos’ valuation:
“Chelsea want Neymar very much, but they will not pay the £45m Santos want.”
The Stamford Bridge club have been chasing the player since last summer and have been constantly linked with him, but there never seems to be a consistent straight answer from the player or his agent about what they want, which has been a constant source of frustration for Blues fans as many want to see an end to it, one way or another.
Should Roman Abramovich break the bank for the highly sought after Brazilian youngster, or should Chelsea forget about Neymar and turn their attentions elsewhere?
45 Million for Robinho 2.0. Please pay that, it will be hilarious to see him flop in the EPL. Don’t worry chavs, just get roman to throw some cash at the problem and it will go away.
Forget it, go for Alexis Sanchez the price is tooooooo much
Forget it and go for mudric
Redknapp wants him at Tottenham, but not for another 15 years, when he’s 35.
I think AVB should just go for neymar,modrich and alvaro pereira from porto.
People Neymar is a the best player in the world…even young…believe me if it was possible to land Neymar an let him sign a contract…..an any club to release neymar they gona pay money more we buy him…beside neymar Is the world best selling super star…..an he can make chelsea to becm true….additionall if you got neymar than we can face team like barca ..believe me.
please learn how to write english and how to form an opinion
My friend,you left out your capitals and full stop.
am in brazil an I watch all santos game….in every game neymar shows why best clubs in the world need him…….please do something,with neymar chelsea will begin their dream……please.
buy him now before another top club snaps him up , he is fast becoming one of the worlds best players and when he performs in a top league & champions league his value will raise again instead of spending huge amounts on players past there best like shevchenko & torres !
chelsea should try and get neymar at all cost. Hewill realy cqeate impact at chelsea.
We need the guy soooooo much i belive there will be many changes for chelsea if we get the guy, i am very sure of it.
The kid is wondaful in dribllin especialy at touchline,one on one and easly fine the bak of net,pls cfc offical we dnt need to waste time there,madrid re in motion to lure him in.we nid players like him that nids to shine to mek a big name 4 them selves and club not spendin 45million on players like aguero or kaka,we realy nid this guy.