Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain have an outlined price set over the transfer of Neymar, but negotiations continue over the terms of the deal.

Barca CEO Oscar Grau, sporting director Eric Abidal, technical secretary Javier Bordas and Brazilian scout Andre Cury all travelled to Paris for negotiations on Tuesday.

They met with PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and sporting director Leonardo.

When Barcelona landed back in Catalunya on Tuesday evening, they claimed that they are confident of Neymar's return to the club.

“We don't have an agreement yet,” Barca executive Bordas told the awaiting press. “We are still talking but we are closer.”

However, there remain issues that need to be ironed out with the European transfer window deadline fast approaching.

Barca chiefs, according to Le Parisien, made an initial play to take Neymar on loan for the season, with an obligation to buy for £154million and Ousmane Dembele heading on loan to Paris for the 2019-20 campaign.

That proposal was rejected out of hand and soon replaced by another, with the Neymar move set to be permanent from the outset, and Barca offering a payment plan as they seek to work within the framework of Financial Fair Play.

Already this summer the Catalan side have splashed over £210million on Frenkie de Jong, Junior Firpo, Neto and Antoine Griezmann while Sport claimed Barcelona's finances were so bad that they wanted to avoid paying anything until July 2020 - otherwise they would be unable to comply with FFP.

Now ESPN reports that the second proposal was to pay £36million up front, with £59million in 2020 and another £59million in 2021.

Again, that was rejected by the French champions, who are keen to be paid in full this summer in what amounts, as much as anything, to a saving-face exercise.

The £154million fee has been agreed and is what the two sides are working towards; however, they must still come to an agreement over how it is paid and the player who swaps Camp Nou for the Parc des Princes.

The situation is further complicated by which player is used as a makeweight, with both Dembele and Nelson Semedo having been mooted as potential options.

Portugal international Semedo was keen to join Atletico Madrid earlier in the summer, but is now first-choice under Ernesto Valverde and has little desire to move; right-back has been a problem position for PSG, but Barca are likely to be unwilling to move him on.

Dembele previously worked with PSG boss Thomas Tuchel at Borussia Dortmund, prior to his £135million switch to Barca in 2017, and Leonardo is known to be a fan.

However, the player's agent has declared recently that he wants to stay in Catalunya; Barcelona will need to persuade him that linking up with Kylian Mbappe in his homeland is in his best interests.

If they fail to do so, then PSG will seek to reintegrate Neymar into their first-team plans - particularly with Mbappe and Edinson Cavani both set for a month on the sidelines.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/psg-barcelona-agree-neymar-transfer-19019949

That's what we've been hearing for long now

If you like buy PSG join if u no go win UCL u no go win am.. If you can av Messi on d Field nd Disaster still hit una from Liverpool shey na Neymar go avert am...

I need a self con at/close to ring road ibadan
Requirements: water, tiles,wardrobe.

Ps: Scammers and greedy people back offffff or you won't know what hit you

Why Dembele? The guy is talented and has a future.

At last....but why Dembele...
That guy is a future Star....and he got potentials

Hmm

Back (Barcelona) to (PSG) back (Barcelona)

wow. Nice one. I just want to see Dembele move to the other side. That guy is very annoying sometimes.

Nice move

Trouble in La liga this season
Dribbling here and there
Hazard, Messi and Neymar again
My condolences to La liga defenders especially
Btw, not a good deal for Barcelona
Dembele is still young and promising....Neymar is now kinda injury proned, if February reach now....E go carry injury

Dembele?

Offering human being as if you are hawking merchandise!

The world has been turned upside down truly!

Barcelona and their wack transfer strategies. You sell a player for a nice profit, then buy him back two years later at a considerably higher amount thus resulting in a net loss. The champions league trophy they are so eager to get, has Neymar been able to help PSG win it? Why then do they feel he is their Messiah?

You cant make Jesus 100% like Neymar and will not be highly sought after. Jesus rules

Fake news....

Zeus34939xx:

how do I get enrolled in it?

Neymar is all fine face and show boat. Barca should stop this nonsense!

Lol... PSG that has already rejected the deal

But why does Barcelona need Neymar na, Shebi dey have one man army

Martinez39:
Why Dembele? The guy is talented and has a future.

A future with injuries...

Forget this shit this deal that is taking 3 people from barca to negotiate
Onky Raul sanllehi can negotiate successfully the guy is madly shrewd that why Arsenal are enjoying him right now
Raul sanllehi leaving barca was the Genesis of Barca's transfer problem
Now Barca now lacks the negotiating prowess

I see nothing special about this guy. I hope Barça will not come to regret this decision.