Messi and Barcelona stars at war with club chiefs over Neymar transfer debacle
Barcelona stars are at odds with club chiefs after their failure to sign Neymar from PSG. The Spanish champions have endured a mixed start to the campaign on the field, picking up only four points from their opening three matches in La Liga.
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Ultimately, Barcelona were unable to complete a deal to bring Neymar, willing to drop his salary, back from Paris Saint-Germain.
Despite a number of meetings in Paris in the final week of the summer window, meetings that included the likes of CEO Oscar Grau, executive Javier Bordas and president Josep Maria Bartomeu, no agreement was reached.
The French champions were not interested in a swap deal or taking a small down payment now and the majority in 2020 and 2021, as Barcelona strug...