Sport: Barcelona exit as Neymar pushes, sends father to begin transfer talks for Manchester United target

The Brazilian is ready to engineer a transfer and PSG lead the chase for his signature

Barcelona star Neymar is warming to the idea of leaving Camp Nou and has sent his father to Paris to speak with PSG’s president, while Manchester United are also though to hold an interest.

According to a sensational report in AS, the Brazilian has asked his dad to personally convey his desire to leave Camp Nou to Nasser Al-Khelaifi and is already talking about packing his bags for Paris with his close group of friends.

PSG looks like Neymar’s most likely destination despite interest from United, with the forward hoping to use Barca’s desire to sign Marco Verratti to seal a move.

Neymar spent the summer in the USA and joined Barca on their trip to Japan

The Parisians have been utterly adamant that their Italian midfield maestro – new Barca boss Ernesto Valverde’s No.1 target – will not be allowed to leave the club, but that stance might change if Neymar moves in the opposite direction.

PSG have been trying to sign the 25-year-old for several years, though Barcelona have firmly resisted all attempts to lure him away.

Verratti could hold the key to Neymar’s hopes of leaving Barcelona this summer

But tensions between Neymar and the club heightened during his recent tax problems, while a new contract he signed during that saga set his release clause at €200 million (£175m), but it increases year on year.

Next season it will reach €250m, but at its current level PSG could trade Verratti to Barca and only have to stump up a further €100m (£87m) to make up the difference, going on the Italian’s own release clause.

While a massive sum of money, Neymar’s marketability would almost definitely render it a sound investment.

‘I don’t think that’s going to happen,’ he told reporters.

‘It’s not our intention to lose players, certainly not good players. We try to improve within the confines of what is possible. We’ve not had any offers for any players in our squad.’

AS are not the only Spanish publication claiming Neymar is unsettled, with Sport also revealing that United and PSG have been given fresh incentive to move for the Brazilian after his inner entourage advised him to leave Spain.