Manchester United still in talks for Mandzukic, Dybala not joining Spurs, Tottenham set to sign £82 million duo, PSG will not sell Neymar to Barcelona and more: Transfer Roundup, 8 August 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Aug 08, 2019 15:28 GMT

What a crazy summer transfer window this has been!

Barcelona fear Paris Saint-Germain are stalling in order to sell Neymar to Real Madrid

The Blaugrana have reportedly done everything in their power to bring Neymar to the Camp Nou this summer. However, they've not been afforded any sort of clarity on that front by the Ligue 1 champions and the Catalans now believe that PSG are looking to sell the Brazilian to Real Madrid.

The only way out for Barcelona is to get Neymar to go public with his desire to join them. As it stands, Neymar is yet to go public about his intentions and has been sulking behind the scenes. Barcelona are short on funds after splurging on Antoine Griezmann earlier this summer.

PSG have been turning down all the players that Barcelona have offered in exchange for Neymar. They have been doing that for the entirety of last month. Barcelona are now also aware that PSG offered Neymar to Juventus and Manchester United as well.

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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.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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