Source: Neymar Has Committed To Real Madrid, Will Sign For €62 Million
by Gabe Lezra on Nov 4, 2011 6:15 PM CET
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According to various reports, Brazilian star--and current Santos forward--Neymar has agreed verbally to a move to Real Madrid this summer. While Madrid was anxious to get a deal done for the up and coming striker-winger--there were various reports this summer that suggested that Neymar might come to los blancos as soon as this winter--apparently Neymar rejected any move before the summer of 2012.
A source close to the negotiations stated that, "Neymar will be a Real Madrid player in July, but he is not going there any earlier. He has not signed a contract as yet." The whole deal could end up paying the 19-year-old Brazilian €1 million per month (€12 million per year), with more money to be hashed out in terms of image and sponsorship considerations.
I want to caution our readers that this deal is still in motion, that nothing is official until there are signatures on paper; remember, we've been burned by this whole situation before. But, for the moment, it does look like Real Madrid have beaten out FC Barcelona, Chelsea, and various other high-profile English sides in the search for this star-in-making's signature.
Now that the brute information is out of the way, we're left with a couple of questions that still ring out when we consider this whole situation: If Neymar does end up coming, where will he play? Is this too much money for a player who hasn't been proven yet in Europe? Sure, he's young, and undoubtedly talented, but are we a little insane to drop this much on him?
I'm a documented Neymar fan: he has that "it" factor that Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi have, that special something that could easily propel him towards the top of world football. He's an incredible dribbler, passer, and has lightning speed and amazing reflexes; plus, he scores. A lot. And he's just crazy enough to always keep us on our feet: from the Ney-hawk to the whole pulling out a mask of yourself and putting it on after scoring thing, he's a bona-fide star.
So why am I worried about this kid? Help me out MM!
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no doubt, man.
Neymar will come. Summer is just way too far. Do you think Mou would wait that long for someone he’s paying that much money? I don’t think so. He’ll be here winter for sure.
In regards to his position, I really don’t know where he’s going to play? Somebody is going to have to take one for the team and be a sub. I’m thinking Di maria….
Finally some fucking flare on the team. More brazilians, more, more, more more. I need more!!
I'd bet lots of money, he's not here in the winter window.
…he’s said over and over and over again — he wants to play in the Club World Cup and that’s why(if a deal is actually done) it has to wait till summer. He had also in previous reports wants to play in the Olympics.
I just don’t buy a winter move. Summer, maybe. I’m personally not sold on the kid, sure he’s got some flair. But he’s young, got a ego bigger than CR7’s — not to mention currently CR7 is the highest payed player on the roster. Do you really think that they’re going to pay Neymar more — which in the end means they either have to give Ronaldo a huge raise or ship him out. And I don’t see him shipping out anytime soon. Though stranger things have happened.
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by Timm Higgins on Nov 4, 2011 10:13 PM CET up reply actions
It's a no brainer.
To bring in such a talent is always a great thing, sure the compensation is astronomical, but that’s the price you pay to get your hands on this kind of player.
No player is ever a sure thing when they move from league to league, but the pros outweigh the cons in my opinion. I’m sure everyone here would much rather see him in White than Red and Blue.
Wow that's an awful lot of money to pay him
That’s more than Fernando Torres makes by a good margin. I can’t fathom making Neymar among the highest paid players in the world before he ever plays a game in Europe.
by Stephen Schmidt on Nov 5, 2011 12:25 AM CET reply actions
Exactly..like I said above -- Ronaldo isn't going to like not being the highest payed player on the squad.
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I am worried about this kid
I think we just want to get barca’s hand off the deal. He doesn’t worth more than $30m. His weight is a major problem. Brazil – Netherland he just got beat around and dived. With a simple touch he loses his balance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2amrjbAoJ8
He looks like Barca’s kind of players to me. He is weak, short and a diver :D
He has never been tested. I like to see him play in Club world cup against Barcelona. Can he pulled it under stress? Can he dribbles and pass around as easily?
The best thing is if we can just get him as a loan. Then if he worth it we pay $65, if not we go with his real price or nothing.
At the best I think he is going to be 20 percent better than Di maria.
Not too happy
If this confirmed, it would be a slap in the face for players such as Morata and Joselu who deserve more chances in the senior squad than an unproven Neymar. I would’ve no problem to see him get loaned to teams in France or the Netherlands for a couple of years before he joins the club at a regular basis. It would be suicidal to sign him at that price.
Not happy either
Neymar is a good player, but he is not the answer. Real are not lacking in firepower up front. We do need a third striker, but it should be a backup striker who doesn’t mind being benched, not a superstar who expects to start in every game.
If either Benzema or Higuain is consigned to the bench as a result of Neymar joining the team, I see it as an awful waste of talent. There is such a thing as too much quality. I can see whoever gets benched leaving Madrid to find a starring role somewhere else, and we’ll be back where we started: Down to two strikers and in search of a third.. yet another ‘galactico’. There is no reason the cycle will not continue after that.
If you play a one striker formation, you don’t need three top class strikers. Two and one backup would be ideal. Big name players don’t like being benched, and no one wants to see them benched either.
Northern hemisphere chauvinism
I like the Americentricism here:
“While Madrid was anxious to get a deal done for the up and coming striker-winger—there were various reports this summer that suggested that Neymar might come to los blancos as soon as this winter—apparently Neymar rejected any move before the summer of 2012. "
Did you know that Winter in the north (Europe, USA) is Summer in the south (Brazil) and vice versa? So when you throw out terms like that, we have no idea what you mean. If Neymar comes in Brazil’s Winter, that would be mid 2012. The last sentence doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
While I understand your point
I’m pretty sure the writers are writing to their audience, and the audience is living in the northern hemisphere. Do you really expect the papers to write July or August 2012, when most refer to it as “summer” anyways?
I’m sure a Brazilian paper would refer to it as whatever their readers refer to the transfer window as.
Well we are one of the few American language Real Madrid Blogs..
…and when talking about the Winter Transfer window — it means the January transfer window.
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Sorry to be unclear.
In general, Real Madrid and European football newspapers of any language tend to refer to the January and May-August windows as the “winter” and “summer” windows; this is partly because, yes, most of the writers live in the northern hemisphere, but also because Real Madrid is based in the northern hemisphere. I suppose it’s bad form, but this blog is definitely not the only place you’ll find this use
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I think we are focusing too much on the money here
Sure it’s a gigantic amount of money, but this happens in all sports, people make more and more money every year. I don’t know how many people were around or remember, but way back Magic Johnson signed a 25 year $25M contract. It was the richest sports contract ever, people thought that was an absurd contract, but it turned out to be a huge bargain because salaries kept rising and rising. Granted, I don’t think Neymar’s 1M/month contract will become the norm any time soon, but don’t get too caught up in the dollar amount.
This is the premium teams pay for a kid with the upside of a Neymar. If he was a 19 year old and as good as Messi or CR7 right now, then his pricetag would probably be double. The point of paying a player this much money is because the team(s) feel that he’ll be the next transcendent player on and off the pitch. If he succeeds not only will RM benefit directly with goals and wins, but the global appeal and merchandising sales of one of these players will be through the roof as well.
This is an expensive investment, but honestly it could turn out to be a bargain later on if things go the way the decision-makers think it’ll turn out. I love my teams to take these chances on kinds of talents. You have the chance of watching greatness grow before your own eyes for your team.
The thing is, the original Messi and Ronaldo are not paid this much money
It’s one thing to pay a premium salary for the kind of upside those players possess. It’s another entirely to pay the unproven talent more than the best players in the world are making in their prime. If Neymar is indeed being paid in the vicinity of €250,000 per week that will pretty much put him behind only a handful of players who were overpaid so ridiculously that they would actually go to lesser clubs. With FFP and quite possibly reduced TV earnings looming, Real really shouldn’t be destroying their pay structure to land a player they really don’t need. Making Neymar the highest paid player in the squad before he’s ever played a game in Europe will likely come back to bite the club when several more established players become unhappy.
by Stephen Schmidt on Nov 5, 2011 10:12 PM CET up reply actions
Why add more paint to the Bentley?
Our attack is doing wonderfully well and there are kids like Morata, Jese and Joselu who deserve more chances.
Neymar is a good player, but the guys at Real Madrid need to realize that we don’t need him, and there isn’t anything wrong with that.
by gaffychicken on Nov 5, 2011 6:57 AM CET via mobile reply actions
Neymar >>>>>> Di Maria
That is where he’ll Play….He Dribbles Better,Passes Better,Scores better,Makes better decisions and he even Dives Better(bad attribute…but he’s actually better at it.he is way more believable).Heck….he is even efficient with Both Feet. This is a No Brainer….
Do u see Di Maria as a future ‘World Player of the Year’?
Certainly NOT!!!
Do u see Neymar as a future ‘World Player of the Year’?
YES I DO,
There is No Footballer in the World who will have this kind of Demand for a few years to come.
This is a VERY GOOD buy!!!
Dont worry about Higuain and Benzema...Neymar WILL NOT be our main striker...
but he is a Great Winger-type Player who can Open up Defenses and also Score on his Own as Well.He will have the Same Role as Ronaldo but on the Right hand side.
Btw….Both Ronaldo and Neymar can play exceptionally well with Both Feet…so they can change flanks to bring further Tears to Opposing Defense’s Eyes.
Ronaldo and Neymar attacking on Both Ends?Defenses will be in for a Torrid time trying to decide who to try Lock-Down between the two.
This Will be Magical
Co-sign this.
I don’t think people realize how good Neymar would be with quality players around him. It is a huge chunk of money but I think he’ll prove himself and will show that he’s worth it.
by MychalShannon1 on Nov 5, 2011 9:53 PM CET up reply actions
Poor poor reporting by the Press
Why will Real Madrid pay 53mm pounds for a player that has a 41mm pounds BUYOUT clause? Secondly, this is from Harry Harris. He is the biggest liar in football. Here is another story where by now Aguero should be playing for Chelsea:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=779282&sec=transfers&cc=3888
It is also sounds very stupid he will be on Ronaldo type salary.
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