- Title: Neymar entourage arrives at Paris hotel, hundreds of fans queue for shirts
- Date: 4th August 2017
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (AUGUST 4, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF NEYMAR'S ENTOURAGE PARKED OUTSIDE HOTEL NEYMAR'S ENTOURAGE PLACING SUITCASES ONTO LUGGAGE CART NEYMAR'S ENTOURAGE AND SECURITY STANDING OUTSIDE HOTEL POLICE STANDING GUARD VARIOUS OF ENTOURAGE AND SUITCASES OUTSIDE HOTEL POLICE STANDING GUARD VARIOUS OF NEYMAR'S ENTOURAGE LEAVING HOTEL AND ENTERING BUS FANS AND MEDIA STANDING OUTSIDE HOTEL (SOUNDBITE) (French) 19-YEAR-OLD PARIS STUDENT AND NEYMAR FAN, MATHIAS, SAYING: "I'm Neymar since he began so he's one of the best players in my lifetime. I queued up to buy the shirt; we waited for quite a while. And today, I'm very happy he's joining PSG." MATHIAS' NEYMAR SHIRT NEYMAR'S ENTOURAGE LEAVING HOTEL VARIOUS OF FANS QUEUING TO BUY NEYMAR SHIRT FROM PSG STORE (SOUNDBITE) (French) NEYMAR FAN, GUILLAUME DOS SANTOS, SAYING: "A giant star is arriving here, which is rare because typically it's the opposite. They arrive through the side door and they leave before getting big and we're forced to sell them, when we were in the French championship, like with Ronaldinho back in the day. It was such a shame that we couldn't keep him. He (Neymar) did brilliantly at Barcelona, and here, the only thing he has to prove is his leadership - to be number one in a team, a leader that will push the team forward." PSG SIGN ON STORE
- Embargoed: 18th August 2017 11:33
- Keywords: Neymar Neymar entourage arriving in Paris Paris hotel Paris St Germain PSG France
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0016SQRK1Z
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Neymar's entourage arrived at a hotel in Paris on Friday (August 4) as the Brazilian soccer star touched down in the French capital after he signed a record-shattering five-year deal with Paris St Germain.
The French club paid 222 million euros ($263 million) to activate the release clause in his contract.
Fans formed huge queues outside official PSG stores to snatch up the first Neymar football shirts on sale.
The 25-year-old Brazil forward, who will be presented to fans on Saturday (August 5), is committed to PSG until June 2022, the club said in a statement. Media reports have said he could earn around 550,000 euros per week. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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