Although the attempts of "Paris Saint-Germain" to acquire one of the best football players in the world Neymar this summer seemed like a lightning from clear sky, the football news portal Goal.com wrote about it back in October of last year.
It was then announced that the French vice-champions turned to Brazil because their plan to acquire Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo did not work out.
According to the reports at the time, PSG leaders had been in contact with Neymar's relatives since autumn, and the main thing that was supposed to attract the star to Paris was the same salary as Lionel Messi.
Indeed, the "Ligue 1" club was even close to completing the transfer last summer, but the striker who wanted to join his compatriots Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, and Lucas Moura decided to negotiate a new contract with Barcelona.
The plans to acquire Neymar were also revealed in the last transfer windows, when PSG did not waste money and even sold David Luiz to London's Chelsea. The 222 million euros that would be needed to pay for the Brazilian were already known a year before.
Moreover, by 2018, this amount would have increased to 250 million euros, so the French must act quickly, and it seems they are doing exactly that.
Meanwhile, the Catalans will not have extra funds, as the planned reconstruction of the "Camp Nou" stadium will cost 600 million euros.
