Transfer Rumor – Neymar Jr. reportedly seeking exit from Barcelona

According to a transfer rumor, Neymar Jr. is reportedly looking to leave Barcelona. The player aims to become the best player in the world, overtaking Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. According to a magazine named Don Balon, Neymar Jr wants to escape the shadow of Lionel Messi. The player wants to be challenger for the Ballon d’ Or award and for that he has to make up his own unique identity.

During the summer, there were a lot of speculation about Neymar Jr’s move to Manchester United. The player was a hot transfer target for the club and the club was willing to pay a world record transfer fee. Manchester United officials even visited Barcelona and put up their bid in an attempt to land the player at Old Trafford. However, the transfer speculation came to an end when the player himself denied any such move in a press conference full of tears. The Barcelona officials also came out to say that they want Neymar Jr. to finish his career at Camp Nou.

Neymar Jr. is arguably emerging as a new contender for the FIFA Ballond d’ Or award. And it seems like that he would be the player to break the dominance of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the prestigious award. Last season Neymar Jr. was instrumental in the treble win of Barcelona. The player scored 39 goals in all competitions and was the joint top scorer in Champions League. He scored 10 goals in the competitions. His teammate Lionel Messi and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo were the other two players to score 10 goals each. Not surprisingly these three players are also the leading contenders for  this years Ballon d’ Or award.

Criminal acts possibility in Neymar’s transfer from Santos to Barcelona

The 2013 move of Neymar Jr to Barcelona from Santos has caused a lot of legal troubles for the player as well as Barcelona and their management. It is alleged that Santos and Barcelona hid the transfer fee of Neymar Jr. Barcelona claimed to have bought the super star for a mere €17m when according to reports Real Madrid offered a transfer fee of €40m for the player.

According to Marca, the court asked the other clubs who were interested at the time to sign Neymar jr from Santos to reveal the transfer fee which they offered to Santos. Real Madrid were the only club who revealed the transfer fee. Chelsea and Manchester United did not reply to the court. The other club which was interested was Bayren Munich and they did not provide anything in writing to the court.

It is alleged that Barcelona and Santos agreed to transfer the money to Santos in other ways like a friendly match was to be arranged which was valued at €4.5m and it future signing of 3 players from Santos. According to Marca Neymar Jr, his father, Bartomeu and Rosell (Barcelona current and former presidents), and two of Santos directors will have to appear in court after they had their appeal rejected.

According to Judge De La Mata the estimated real costs of the Neymar Jr. transfer from Santos to Barcelona was €57.1 m according to Rosells claims. According to the claim of district attorney the transfer was of €94.8m.

The judge was quoted by El Pais as finding that in case Barcelona and Santos reached the agreement for a transfer fee larger than the amount revealed by the clubs, then using such mechanisms as friendly match and transfer of three other player without the knowledge of the claimant DIS can constitute crime.