Chelsea have been told by Neymar’s agent Wagner Ribeiro that they would need to part with at least £41m to secure the services of the Brazilian wonderkid, is he having a laugh?
The 19-year-old striker is widely regarded as one of the most exciting young players in the world and has been courted by Chelsea for some time, but the west London club failed to sign Neymar last summer and it would seem as though this saga could drag on after Ribeiro’s latest words.
Ribeiro said:
“Last year Santos received an offer of £32m from Chelsea and it was rejected. Now he would not leave for less than £41m.
“Neymar is like Messi. Soon he will be the best in the world because he is a player unlike any other. He is just 19 but all the big clubs are following him.”
The football agent also told Marca has refused to rule out the Bernabeu as a possible destination for Neymar, which has led some quarters to believe that Real Madrid lead the chase for the player despite interest from Chelsea and Barcelona.
Undoubtedly, Neymar is a fine talent, exciting prospect and has commercial value, but is he worth more than £40m?
After seeing the reactions of this latest news story on fan forums and sites like Twitter, it seems as though many supporters are unwilling to risk such a large sum of money on an unproven talent, especially considering his attitude and seemingly fickle nature when it comes to discussing where his future lies.
Others argue that he’ll live up to the price tag eventually and would prove to be a worthy investment in the long run and point towards his playing potential, marketability and believe that the player could also have a large resale value in years to come.
Listen Neymar…there are lots of young players out there..praying 4 such opportunity..dont be greedy!!. Ur young and asking 41millon!.ur just acting lik a gold digger…are u even better than drogba??..grab this opportunity now and dont be greedy!
IF WE CAN BUY TORRES 4 50M Y CANT WE BUY NEYMIR D NXT MESSI 4 41M………..IT WILL B A GREAT LOSS AND DEFEAT 2 LOSS A PLAYER OF SUCH INTEGRITY………..
dis is crazy, even if he will dribble d ball 4rm chelsea post 2 d opponent’s own n score, he does not worth dat kind of money coz he is still young.let wait n c who will land him with dat amount not even real.
The agent is the same as Robinho’s and when he was at santos claimed that Robinho would be better than pele!! Look how he turned out!! He’s just another brazilian who’s bigger than his boots with a bad attitude! Even if he was a success he’d do 2 seasons and want to go off to madrid or something!
Waste of money…. sneijder would be 1000 times a better signing!
of course yes this boy worth for that amount pls roman pay for thhis boy let forget about it
chelsea should sign him at all cost, i can bet chelsea and abrahamovic will not regret it…
i think chelsea need to sell anelka,kalou,mikel and malouda and buy neymar,lukaku and sneijder
its nt d agent’s fault,dis a gud optunity 2 exploit chelsea,since he saw dat Abra. but fenando t_boy 4 50m.
Age is nothing, must he be 41years to cost 41million? We are talking about winning everything the game comes with, if he has raw potentials in him, i surgest we buy him in eny amount.
The british media talks s**t 1.why would his agent randomly say he’s 41 mill 2.british media do anything to fill the papers in 3.he’s not worth 41 mill he’s worth around 30-35 mill and has the potential to become a world star if he come he’ll give use that flair that chelsea have missed since zola 1 second your going toward him next he’s either nutmeged you of just gone past you he’s f**king immense ROMAM SIGN HIM UP. If he comes he’ll deffo be a fans favourite 😀 !!