Neymar, who moved to Camp Nou from Santos in 2013, has scored 12 goals and tallied four assists in 11 Spanish La Liga matches this season.
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Neymar reportedly earns about €8.8 million (R131 million), but his current contract would be heavily improved as the Catalan giants are trying to fend off interest from Manchester United. We must face the situation calmly, thinking that if we have now finalised Rafinha’s renewal, an agreement for Neymar’s renewal will also be reached.
There was talk from his father, that Neymar would shop his wares elsewhere, but Barcelona are holding on to him.
His goal scoring form drew praise from his national team boss Dunga, who said he was performing at a “superior” level than Messi and Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
The massive increase would make the Brazil captain the third-highest paid player in football, behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. “I would bet on Neymar next year”. Neymar is actually going to get better, Suarez is playing at his peak and Messi, I don’t think there’s much more to come from Messi.
And when asked if this year’s Ballon d’Or be dominated by the Blaugrana, Messi said: “I hope so [that we’re all in the top three], but it’s not something that we are going to obsess over”.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the two best players in the world right now but Neymar will eclipse them both next year, former Brazil striker Ronaldo told Reuters.
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“I think this year it will be between the two of them again”.
