Neymar has become the most expensive player in soccer history after completing his blockbuster transfer to Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona on Thursday for 222 million euros ($262 million).
PSG said, “his arrival into the Paris Saint-Germain family emphasizes more than ever the club’s aims to rise to the top of world football.”
In his four seasons in Spain, Neymar scored 105 goals as Barcelona won the Champions League, Club World Cup, two Spanish league titles and Copa del Rey three times.
Neymar is escaping the shadow of five-time world player of the year Lionel Messi at Barcelona and will become the biggest star in the French league in a team without the track record of success to match his former club.
PSG’s announcement put an end to a saga that started about two weeks ago with rumours of his possible transfer. PSG had already tried to lure him to the City of Light last summer.
Barcelona did all it could to stop Neymar from leaving and had vowed to complain to UEFA if his seemingly untouchable release clause was triggered.
The payment of the clause directly to the club was the second attempt Neymar’s representatives had made on Thursday to break his bond with Barcelona.
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