Manchester United in advanced talks to sign Nicolas Pepe, Huge blow for Barcelona as Neymar set for PSG stay and more: Transfer Roundup, 21 July 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Jul 23, 2019 05:05 GMT

Neymar set for PSG stay as Leonardo confirms no bids have been made

Neymar's wish might not be granted this summer

The Neymar transfer saga could go on to become the story of the summer. With the Brazilian desperate for a return to the Camp Nou and Barcelona trying to put together a deal for him, we have been offered a significant piece of update by none other than PSG director Leonardo.

He confirmed that the club is yet tor receive an offer for Neymar. Leonardo said,

“There is nothing different, nothing at all. There are no concrete offers for Neymar. He has a contract with us and is our player.”

Leonardo had said earlier this month that Neymar can depart “if the offer suits” and also confirmed “superficial contact” with Barcelona.

Barcelona are trying to rope in Neymar from PSG by offering £90 million in cash + 2 players from a selection of Philippe Coutinho, Ousmane Dembele, Samuel Umtiti, Ivan Rakitic and Malcom.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

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