Revealed: The release clause that could see Neymar leave PSG

Neymar has a €215m release clause in his PSG contract that could see him leave the French champions.

The Brazilian superstar left Barcelona for Paris in the summer of 2017, a move that shocked the Catalan giants.

He moved to pastures new with the intention of catapulting himself onto the same level as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, but has failed to do that with a string of disappointing displays on the big stage.

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Real Madrid have regularly been linked with a move for Neymar, although statements from the club have denied that more than once, while talk of Barca’s interest in re-signing the 26-year-old has gained traction this week.

Now, according to Spanish paper SPORT, Neymar’s release clause has been revealed.

If a club can stump up €215m then they can sign Neymar – but only in the summer of 2020 and not before.

That does not mean he cannot leave earlier, just that a club would have to haggle with PSG if they wanted to sign him and it would probably be for a fee greater than his 2020 release clause.

In fact, Mundo Deportivo report that Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu has spoken to senior figures in the Nou Camp dressing room about how they would feel about Neymar coming back.

The paper says that the club’s stars, including Lionel Messi, would welcome the Brazilian back into the fold, despite his acrimonious departure.

It would be a stunning return for Neymar, just two years after he left Spain as he felt he’d never leave Lionel Messi’s shadow.

But the emergence of Kylian Mbappe as a global icon has handed him the same problem at PSG and Neymar has reportedly decided he’d be happier back at Barcelona.