PSG open to Neymar’s Barcelona return, will be flexible in negotiations – report

With PSG and Neymar headed for a divorce this summer, the Brazilian superstar has been heavily linked with a move back to FC Barcelona.

Indeed, PSG have informed Neymar that new manager Luis Enrique does not count on him and the player was not involved in the club’s media day earlier this week ahead of the new season.

Barcelona have shown an interest in bringing Neymar back this summer, with president Joan Laporta, in particular, said to be angling for the reunion.

However, given Neymar’s massive wages, a move to bring him back to the club would be impossible, as a result of which, an alternative option of the Brazilian signing for a Saudi Arabian club before arriving in Catalonia on loan, is being considered.

PSG willing to facilitate Neymar’s Barça return

Given the difficult relationship between Barcelona and PSG as well as the French club’s Qatari owners and Saudi Arabia, the aforementioned operation was thought to be very difficult to achieve.

But as per the latest reports from SPORT, PSG are willing to facilitate Neymar’s return to Barcelona this summer and will be flexible in negotiations as they wish to see the Brazilian leave the club.

The Parisian giants see it as the best possible option for them to be able to get rid of the Brazilian superstar, amid a lack of clear alternative.

As such, they will not pose any impediments in talks despite the tricky relationship between Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

While there are some apprehensions within the player’s camp about a move to Asia, the possibility of him returning to Barça on loan for a year could convince him to greenlight the operation.

Obviously, the transfer will not be easy to pull off by any means given Neymar’s wages as well as the third-party contracts that he has in parallel with PSG.

The player must accept to move to Saudi Arabia and would have to potentially reduce his salary to some extent for him to be able to be back at Barcelona next season.