Lukaku blasts Manchester United, Barcelona tell Neymar they will sign him on one condition, PSG reject Real Madrid's shock swap offer for Neymar and more: Transfer Roundup, 22 August 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Aug 22, 2019 14:36 GMT

Will Neymar end up staying at PSG this summer or will he leave?

Real Madrid's €120 million + player trio offer rejected by PSG

James Rodriguez (left), Karim Benzema (centre) and Gareth Bale (right)

Real Madrid are going all out to upstage Barcelona by signing Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain before the end of the summer transfer window. To this end, as per L'Equipe, Real Madrid offered €100 million + Keylor Navas, James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale in exchange for the Brazilian. However, the Ligue 1 champions have now rejected that offer.

Paris Saint-Germain are open to selling Neymar as they do not want to keep an unsettled player in their ranks. However, they are willing to offload him only for the right price. They want an amount in the ballpark of the initial €222 million they paid to bring him from Barcelona.

Real Madrid are reportedly expecting PSG to grant them a right of first refusal as the Parisians are not big on selling the Brazilian back to Barcelona. Before the transfer window closes, there will surely be more twists and turns in the Neymar saga. Speaking of twists...

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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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