Neymar is closing in on a new deal at Barcelona which will tie him to the Camp Nou club until the summer of 2021, reports Marca.
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But I doubt that any player in history has been so important, so good, every three days, for their team, as Leo has.
It was recently reported that the Citizens have agreed terms with Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola, and now rumours have surfaced that the club are after FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi as well.
Last season, Barcelona repeated the feat of their 2008-09 counterparts by winning the Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League treble and Miramontes believes the current vintage could stand alongside Pep Guardiola’s great team.
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge admitted on Thursday that they have yet to enter negotiations over extending his stay.
“No one is irreplaceable”, he said.
They also have close-season signings Aleix Vidal and Arda Turan to start playing in January once the club’s FIFA-imposed transfer ban has been lifted, but head coach Luis Enrique is still keen to do business.
Former Chelsea and Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti is rumoured to be the favourite to take over should Guardiola leave.
“I don’t analyse different rumours. Not only the fans, but the players are very happy as well that he is back”.
Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano, both former background employees of Barcelona, have been tempted to the north west already, and City’s plans could be completed with the arrival of two of the most successful individuals in their respective roles.
“The only confidence I have always is about my work”, Pellegrini, who led City to the Premier League title in 2013-14, said.
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Neymar has shone this season in the absence of Messi, who only last week returned from a knee injury which kept him out for almost two months.
