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		</div><p>Neymar&#8217;s legal representatives have paid Barcelona €222m to release him from his contract ahead of an expected record-breaking move to Paris St Germain.</p>
<p>The delegation was turned away by LaLiga officials earlier today but Barcelona, who would only allow the 25-year-old striker to leave the club if his €222m release fee was met and paid in full, have accepted a payment &#8220;in the player&#8217;s name with regards to the unilateral termination of the contract that united both parties&#8221;.</p>
<p>A statement published on Barcelona&#8217;s official website said the details of the transaction would now be passed to UEFA so that the governing body can &#8220;determine the disciplinary responsibilities that may arise from this case&#8221;.</p>
<p>UEFA must now play its part in deciding whether Neymar &#8211; effectively a free agent following Thursday evening&#8217;s development &#8211; is able to complete what will be an historic switch to Ligue 1.</p>
<p>Earlier in the day his lawyers were sent to LaLiga headquarters in Madrid to pay the money, only to be snubbed.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;We can confirm that the player&#8217;s lawyers came to the LaLiga offices this morning to deposit the clause and that it has been rejected. That&#8217;s all the information we are giving out at this moment,&#8221;</i> a statement from LaLiga read.</p>
<p>But France&#8217;s league body, the Ligue de Football Professionnel, responded with incredulity and told LaLiga it &#8220;demands they abide by the rules of FIFA and its responsibilities&#8221;.</p>
<p>A statement added: <i>&#8220;The LFP is astonished and does not understand the refusal of LaLiga to simply accept payment of the release clause of the player Neymar.</p>
<p>&#8220;The LFP supports Paris St Germain and looks forward to the arrival of Neymar in Ligue 1.</p>
<p>&#8220;The legal services of the LFP are in support and available to Paris St Germain so that the contract of Neymar can be approved as soon as possible.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Neymar indicated his willingness to depart the Nou Camp on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Reports in France had suggested a five-year contract to take Neymar to PSG could be finalised this week, and French newspaper Le Parisien claimed the Santos academy graduate is set to earn €30m net per year, or close to €600,000 each week after tax.</p>
<p>The fee alone would obliterate the current record of €105m which Manchester United paid Juventus for Paul Pogba last summer.</p>
<p>Neymar scored more than 100 goals in four years with Barca and had a deal that ran until 2021.</p>
<p>At the Nou Camp he formed the fabled MSN strike partnership along with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez that delivered a treble of league, cup and Champions League in the 2014-15 season.</p>
<p>The sheer scale of the transfer has led to suggestions Barcelona could make a complaint to UEFA regarding Financial Fair Play regulations, and whether PSG are adhering to the rules. UEFA has yet to receive a complaint.</p>
<p>Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho said on Wednesday night that he did not think Neymar was an expensive purchase.</p>
<p>The Portuguese said: <i>&#8220;For £200m I don&#8217;t think he is expensive. I think he is expensive (in) the fact that now you are going to have more players at £100m, you are going to have more players at £80m and more players at £60m. I think that&#8217;s the problem.</p>
<p>&#8220;Neymar is one of the best players in the world, commercially he is very strong and for sure Paris St Germain thought about it. So I think the problem is not Neymar, I think the problem is the consequences of Neymar.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, though, spoke about the projected move and said it is the Qatari backing behind PSG which has enabled them to potentially smash the world transfer record.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;It is the consequence of the ownerships and that has completely changed the whole landscape of football in the last 15 years,&#8221;</i> he said.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Once a country owns a club, everything is possible. It becomes very difficult to respect the Financial Fair Play because you can have different ways or different interests for a country to have such a big player to represent a country.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Among the incredible numbers being touted, there was some humour to be found.</p>
<p>National League North side North Ferriby tweeted a spoof announcement of Neymar in one of their shirts, claiming they had pipped PSG to the post. They captioned it with: <i>&#8220;We are delighted to announce that we&#8217;ve pipped PSG to the post. In other news, season passes are £2,845,212.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Away from football, the world of sport is seemingly stunned at the money involved. American show SportsCenter tweeted a graphic of 10 of the NBA&#8217;s leading players &#8211; including LeBron James and Steph Curry &#8211; saying &#8220;this 10-man NBA roster costs $100m less than Neymar&#8221;.</p>
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