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.
Why not?
If Torres is worth £50m surely Neymar will cost near that number or even more given his age and all round abilities.
Just nineteen n he is the best player of his national team.I know 41 is a lot but this guy has the charm of henry n the skill of ronaldinho.I say Roman just break the bank and buy Neymar,Sanchez n Sneijder.
25-30m not more than that or else be at santos and stale like PELE..
Yes Neymar worth d amount.
He i’ll surely add beauty in chelsea style of play.
Tha what we chelsea fans in Nigeria really wanted.
Plse let’s buy neymer n 4get about hs age, afterall we dn’t play football in age it’s the ability.
neyman is good bt epl offers more challenges than what neyman can cope with easily. Let be frank, he is nt beta than torres bcus he his nt tested. His agent should b snubed 4 takin abra and cfc as a pple who dnt kn the value of money. Hence, he dsnt worth dat money bcus worldbest potential in history ar neva purchase@ ova 20mil pds. The boy shd pruv hmself first n c hw d wld wil celebrate him nt him celebratin himself bcus only empty barrels does that.
i don’t think Neymar is worth 40 million pound given that he is so young player.
to be sincere,he is a good player but alot of such players wgo are even more exposed than him flopped in the epl.he should be left until the last transfer date by then his agent will be begging us to sign him.greedy man
Capital NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 41M 4 UNTESTED PLAYER, VERY EXPENSIVE.
thats overstating and overating him. better leave the boy go somewhere else. if he choose spain (madrid), we leave it to puyol and his teammates to prove if he real cost that much. for the mean time sneijder , aguero and two three midfielders can do the job