Neymar to join Real Madrid on one condition, Manchester United shock favourites to sign Tottenham superstar and more: Transfer Roundup, 3 January 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Apr 30, 2019 07:30 GMT

Neymar will sign for Real Madrid if they do one thing

Neymar joined PSG in the summer of 2017 for a whopping €222 million and has been the Ligue 1 club's standout player since. However, the level of the game in France is often questioned and Neymar has been linked with a return to Spain with either Barcelona or Real Madrid has been rumoured.

Now, according to Don Balon, Neymar Jr. will join Real Madrid only if Santiago Solari is not in charge. The Brazilian talisman does not believe that Solari can take the club to new heights and is therefore, reluctant to make the decision to go to the Santiago Bernabeu while he is at the helm.

The report adds that Neymar has suggested his favourite pick to be Solari's successor at Real Madrid and that's none other than Luiz Felipe Scolari.

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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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