Neymar is 'not expensive' but consequences will cause 'problems' - Mourinho
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Chelsea FC handler Jose Mourinho believes that the 220 million (about £200m price tag for Neymar was not expensive. When asked about the all but concluded deal, the Portuguese said: “Expensive are the ones who get into a certain level without a certain quality. For £200m, I don’t think [Neymar] is expensive.
“I think he’s expensive in the fact that now you are going to have more players at £100m, you are going have more players at £80m and more players at £60m. And I think that’s the problem.”
He added: “Neymar is one of the best players in the world, commercially he is very strong and for sure PSG thought about it.
“So I think the problem is not Neymar, I think the problem is the consequences of Neymar.”
Neymar will earn 865,000 euros (£775,477) a week, which will equate to 45m euros (£40.3m) a year before tax.
PSG’s total outlay across the initial five-year deal will come to £400m.
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meanwhile, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has criticised the proposed world-record deal in light of Uefa’s Financial Fair Play rules.
“I thought Fair Play was made so that situations like that can’t happen,” said Klopp. “That’s more of a suggestion than a real rule.”
Financial Fair Playrules, first implemented during the 2011-12 season, stipulate that European clubs cannot spend more than they earn.
