Paris Saint-Germain plan unveiling for potential World record signing Neymar

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Paris, August 1: Paris Saint-Germain are confident of signing Neymar to extent that they were on Monday (July 31) preparing for his unveiling and hope to conclude a deal this week to buy the forward from Barcelona for a world record £197 million.

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PSG have planned something even bigger this time around than when they bought Zlatan Ibrahimovic five summers ago where they welcomed the Swede on the Trocadero at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

The 25-year-old was on Monday (July 31) in China for an event and may fly from there to Doha to meet PSG's Qatari owners and thereafter complete his medical.

The structure of the transfer, including Neymar's £26m-a-year salary, is still undisclosed but PSG are adamant they will respect financial fair play (FFP) regulations. They are preparing to sacrifice some members of the squad to make sure they do not expose themselves to the FFP sanctions.

Ángel Di MarÍa, Serge Aurier, Blaise Matuidi are the names on the list that PSG are willing to sell, along with Hatem Ben Arfa, Jese and Grzegorz Krychowiak who are already transfer listed.

While, Neymar's compatriot Lucas is unlikely to be sold as they have very close relationship, a friend since the age of six, and could be useful for integrating the forward.

In response to suggestions that Barcelona may make a complaint over FFP, a Uefa spokesman said: "We haven't received any complaint regarding this matter but, irrespective of whether we receive a complaint or not, we would in any case look into the details of such a transfer if it goes ahead to ensure that it respects financial fair play rules."

"PSG must respect financial fair play rules as do all other clubs in Europe. They must demonstrate that they do not have losses of more than €30 million over three years."

"The impact of a potential transfer of Neymar to PSG would have an effect on the club finances over several years. It is very difficult to judge this type of operation in advance as we do not know the plans of the French club."

"They could well sell a few players for a similar or even superior amount. We shall therefore only make calculations at the end and make sure that they respect the rules."

If the record deal does go through we could see Barcelona intensifying their effort to replace the Brazilian with his compatriot, Liverpool winger Philippe Coutinho topping their list among other big names across Europe.

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