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PSG 'WILL SELL NEYMAR FOR JUST ?76M THIS SUMMER AS THEY PLOT A SQUAD REVOLUTION'

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Neymar arrived at the Parc des Princes to huge fanfare in the summer of 2017 when PSG paid his Barcelona release clause of £198million (€222m) to bring him to the French capital in a move that stunned football.

While the striker has impressed in front of goal since then, scoring 98 times in 141 games, he has been unable to help the club deliver their target of the Champions League crown.

Under Thomas Tuchel they reached the final in 2020 only to fall at the last hurdle to Bayern Munich, with Neymar reduced to tears in the aftermath.

But having been dumped out of the last-16 at the hands of Real Madrid this season, a revolution is being planned at the club and Neymar could be sold for as little as £76million (€90m) according to reports from Sky Sports and Spanish outlet AS.

It means the French club are willing to take a loss of up to £122m for the Brazil international, although the £76m quote is thought to be the minimum price club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi will negotiate at.Paris Saint-Germain are prepared to offload starman Neymar this summer as part of a rebuild by taking a huge loss on the player they paid a world record fee for.It's poised to be a busy summer at PSG who won the French league title at the weekend, only to be booed by their supporters following their collapse to lose 3-2 on aggregate to Madrid after conceding three times in the final half-hour of the Champions League tie last month.

Neymar declared he would be staying in France though as he slammed supporters after the game.

'I still have a contract with Paris Saint-Germain,' he told ESPN Argentina 'I'm here for three more years, so stop [booing] or you'll need more air.'.

Neymar's strike partner Kylian Mbappe is out of contract at the end of the season and while PSG still believe they can hang on to the French international, reports also suggest Real Madrid remain favourites to land their long term tNeymar arrived at the Parc des Princes to huge fanfare in the summer of 2017 when PSG paid his Barcelona release clause of £198million (€222m) to bring him to the French capital in a move that stunned football.

While the striker has impressed in front of goal since then, scoring 98 times in 141 games, he has been unable to help the club deliver their target of the Champions League crown.

Under Thomas Tuchel they reached the final in 2020 only to fall at the last hurdle to Bayern Munich, with Neymar reduced to tears in the aftermath.

But having been dumped out of the last-16 at the hands of Real Madrid this season, a revolution is being planned at the club and Neymar could be sold for as little as £76million (€90m) according to reports from Sky Sports and Spanish outlet AS.

It means the French club are willing to take a loss of up to £122m for the Brazil international, although the £76m quote is thought to be the minimum price club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi will negotiate. As part of the revamp, French daily L'Equipe are also reporting Julian Draxler, Layvin Kurzawa, Leandro Paredes and Thilo Kehrer could also be shown the exit.

In addition, PSG could also be under new management, with current boss Mauricio Pochettino set to pay the price for the club's failure in Europe by departing in the summer.

PSG have been looking at Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte to replace him, but the Italian is thought to want to double his £13million salary to move to France.

Sporting Director Leonardo could also pay the price with his position also considered be under review by the club.

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