- Jose Mourinho has reacted to Neymar's outrageous price-tag following his potential move to PSG
- Neymar is closing in on a deal to join French giants PSG for a fee of about £200million
- Mourinho has defended the Brazilian's price-tag as he admitted he has the quality to live up to his billing
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has reacted to Neymar's outrageous price-tag following his potential move to Paris Saint Germain.
Neymar is closing in on a deal to join French giants PSG for a fee of about £200million making the move the most expensive transfer in world football.
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The Brazilian will now surpass Manchester United's Paul Pogba as the most expensive footballer if he completes the move to the Ligue 1 side.
Neymar. Photo: Skysports.
The Portuguese manager has defended Neymar's price-tag as he admitted he has the quality to live up to his billing.
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Mourinho said: "When we paid the amount for Pogba I said that he was not expensive, I don't think Neymar for £200m is expensive.
"The problem is not Neymar, the problem is the consequence of the Neymar deal. We will see more £80m, £60m players.
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"What is expensive is players going for inflated fees when they don't have the quality to match," he added.
NAIJ.com earlier reported that Neymar is set to earn a whooping basic salary of £26.8m-a-year (€30m) after tax which is around £515,000-a-week (N248m-per-week and N35m-per-day).
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