Neymar demands ludicrous new deal to stay at PSG

Bengaluru, March 20: Brazilian superstar Neymar has reportedly asked Paris Saint-Germain for a pay rise to stop him joining Real Madrid. The world-record £198million attacker has been courted by the 11-time Champions League winners over the last few months.

And now Neymar's dad, who is also his agent, has told PSG chiefs to up his 26-year-old son's £600,000-a-week pay or face losing him, according to reports in France.

PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and sporting director Antero Henrique met with Neymar's representatives last week in Brazil.

It is reported they discussed the former Barcelona star's future and also checked in on him as he recovers from his metatarsal injury. Al-Khelaifi insisted Neymar is going nowhere in the summer.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has made it known he is a big admirer of Neymar. Perez, speaking at the Ballon d'Or award ceremony in December, said: "Being in Madrid would make it easier to win the Ballon d’Or.

“Real Madrid is a club which gives all you need as a big player. Everybody knows that I already wanted to sign him at one point.”

Real could try and play on Neymar's clear unhappiness with some aspects of life in the French capital, while their position could have been strengthened after they knocked PSG out of the Champions League.

However, signing Neymar from PSG would require an insane amount of money as the French giants signed him on a world-record fee just a year ago.

Neymar does not have a release clause in his contract too. So, the ball is clearly in the club's court.

Real Madrid are also keeping tabs on alternatives for Neymar with Hazard, Dybala and Salah all linked with moves to the Santiago Bernabeu.