Barcelona asked to sacrifice lucrative signing for Neymar swap deal
Barcelona considers a potential swap deal for Neymar by offering their star player along with 50 million to sign the former player from Paris Saint-Germain.
Barcelona paid an astronomical fee of 120 million euros in the summer to sign Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid, the Blaugrana board dreamt of creating a new attacking trio that would conquer Europe just like the Messi, Neymar, Suarez trio did.
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Josep Maria Bartomeu thought that the former Atletico Madrid striker would help Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez in the attack as they would possibly form the greatest trident. However, luck was not in favour of Barca as Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele sustained long term injuries that leave Quique Setien with two world-class players in the attack.
Antoine Griezmann has blown hot and cold this season in the attack with a few worthy performances and a few disappointing performances as well. The number 17 has been disappeared in the big games, for example, the Clasico and the match against Napoli in the San Paolo Stadium.
Don Balon claims that Lionel Messi and the Barcelona board are running out of patience with number “17” and the club captain has pressurized the board to show the player the board and bring Neymar in return.
Paris Saint-Germain has considered the potential swap deal very carefully, as they would prefer to get rid of their problematic Brazilian player and bring in Griezmann who would form a great attacking duo with Kylian Mbappe.
Nasser Al Khelaïfi considers Neymar as a more valuable player than the Barca’ number 17 and has demanded 50 million in exchange for Neymar from the Blaugrana, according to Don Balon.
Barcelona have an offer at their doorstep to please Lionel Messi and to strengthen their attack