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According to The Independent, French giants PSG approached Manchester United over the possibility of swapping Neymar for Paul Pogba this summer.
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The report claims that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side turned down the enquiry and felt a deal for the Brazilian superstar would have been far too expensive to justify.
It claims that despite the club’s openness to making a major marquee signing, United were put off by Neymar’s sizeable £900k-a-week wages and Ed Woodward’s own intent on wanting to keep Pogba at Old Trafford for the foreeseable future.
The same old flaws
On paper, getting rid of a problematic issue like Pogba and simultaneously bringing someone in with the technical quality of a Neymar seems like a no-brainer. The Brazil international has long-been heralded as one of the best in the world not named Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi and his performances on the pitch at both Barcelona and now PSG have proven that to be the case.
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But just like with Pogba, the issue is seemingly more off the pitch. The 27-year-old appears to carry a lot of baggage with him in terms of his temperament and attitude and in a 2-0 win over Costa Rica at the World Cup last year, PSG skipper Thiago Silva revealed his Brazilian compatriot insulted him for showing sportmanship to the opposition. He said: “I was saddened by his behaviour. By the time I returned the ball, he insulted me.”
His penchant for wanting to try rainbow flicks in the middle of a game or trying to showboat even in the most ridiculous of times reeks of someone playing for himself. Having seen the likes of Pogba and Alexis Sanchez, amongst others, do virtually the same for the past few seasons in Manchester, the last thing the club needs is someone who takes that level of selfishness and arrogance to the max in Neymar.
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His reported £900k-a-week wages bring a whole host of problems to the table too. If you thought the dressing room could have been divided by Sanchez’s eye-watering deal then imagine the scenes had Neymar arrived.
So whilst it might seem like they’ve turned down a chance to bring in a potential Ballon d’Or winner and bona fide superstar, saying no to PSG might just have seen United dodge a very painful bullet indeed.