Day: November 23, 2017

It is safe to say Neymar is not enjoying his time as a PSG player just a few months after leaving Barcelona to join the French league leaders.

The Brazilian has faced a lot of criticism for his role when he had an on-field problem with fellow attacker Edison Cavani over who should take a penalty.

Since that time he is said to have been unmotivated in the French capital.

Prior to Brazil’s last friendly in Paris, he was left in tears by questions over his motivation at the Parc de Princes, and a similar question was asked in his latest press question, only this time it was about his former rival team, Real Madrid.

Reports from Spain are claiming that Real Madrid see Neymar as the replacement for the aging Christiano Ronaldo, and his father is said to have met with Real Madrid’s president Florentino Perez recently.

Christiano Ronaldo, 33, has struggled with just one La Liga goal this season and has been rumoured to be unsettled in the Spanish capital.

Neymar was asked about reports linking him to Real Madrid after PSG’s demolition of Celtic, and he responded: “for F**** sake, don’t you have something else to talk about?” before storming out of the press conference.

The 25 years old has made a blistering start to life in the French capital with 13 goals and 10 assists in just 14 games.

Barcelona are plotting a move for Arsenal midfielder, Mesut Ozil as an alternative to Philippe Coutinho should Liverpool refuse to sell again this January.

The German has been negotiating a new deal with the Gunners for over a year, but both sides are yet to agree and the Catalans are looking to take advantage of the situation.

Sportsmail reports that Barcelona are prepared to tempt the Gunners with a £17 million when the January transfer window opens.

However, that move could be threatened by Mesut Ozil’s wage demands.

The German looked to have settled on a £280,000 per week with Arsenal prior to Barcelona’s interest, but he has upped his demands and wants £330,00 per week now. He would also want a big signing up fee.

Barcelona have one of the biggest wage budgets in the world and need to clear their books of at least one big earner before the can sign Ozil. Arda Turan is one of the high earners at the Camp Nou, but he has not started any games this season.

Arsenal were also interested in signing Turan before he moved from Atletico Madrid, however, it is unclear if they would propose a cash-plus-play swap to Barcelona.

As PSG looks to balance their financial books, Liverpool is closing in on a January loan move for German winger, Julian Draxler.

Draxler was close to joining the Reds last winter but chose to move to Paris instead, but things have not turned out as he would have hoped for.

The arrival of Kylian Mbappe and Neymar has made Julian Draxler drop back to a more defensive role at the Ligue 1 leaders.

Jurgen Klopp is thought to have been very keen on Draxler during the winter window, but his wage demands at the time were too much for the Reds and the free-spending Parisians won the race for his signature.

Draxler is said to be reluctant to leave Paris however, as he still believes he has a future and wants to fight for it.

If Draxler does agree to move, Liverpool faces stiff competition from other English teams especially Arsenal who has been constantly linked with him since his days in Germany.

However, Some Liverpool fans do not think a move for Julian Draxler is a good one as they have more than enough quality in attack, but their defence continues to fail them. At the moment it is unclear if they would return to their top defensive target, Virgil van Dijk.