Barcelona: Laurens reveals how club will sign Neymar
Barcelona want to sign Neymar from PSG despite the controversial manner of the Brazilian’s departure two years ago.
The Samba star is keen to leave the Parc des Princes behind after growing unhappy with both life in Paris and the standard of football in France.
Barcelona have already forked out on Antoine Griezmann this summer, spending £108million on the World Cup winner 12 months after the player turned them down.
But they are also hoping to lure Neymar back to Catalonia amid his dissatisfaction with life in France. Lionel Messi is also understood to be keen to play alongside his former team-mate once again.
Barcelona are determined to bring Neymar back to the Nou Camp (Image: GETTY)
Barcelona want Neymar to line up alongside Antoine Griezmann (Image: GETTY)
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"It's general knowledge that Neymar wants to leave PSG for another big European club," the 2002 World Cup winner said.
"But that's not a guarantee and if he ends up staying, he would need to focus on his football rather than anything else.
"He is not happy with PSG and I believe he could even regret his decision of joining -- with all due respect -- but the situation is complicated as they spent a lot of money on him.
"PSG don't want to get hit with a big loss after investing more than €200 million but I believe they can recover their investment or at least exchange him for money and other good players in the business. So, hopefully, it should be straightforward.
"With his recent comments and behaviour, it's possible that fans won't be too happy with him if he remains.
"He must face the music and simply play his best football. If he manages to achieve something special with them in Europe perhaps the fans won't criticise him as much."
Neymar was a big hit during his time at Barcelona.
As well as the Champions League in 2015, he also helped them win two La Liga titles.