PSG "a bit greater" with Neymar - Emery

Record ID: 905357

  • Title: PSG "a bit greater" with Neymar - Emery
  • Date: 5th August 2017
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (AUGUST 5, 2017) (REUTERS) PARIS ST GERMAIN COACH, UNAI EMERY, ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (French) PARIS ST GERMAIN COACH, UNAI EMERY, SAYING: "Without Neymar, PSG is a great club but with Neymar it's a bit better, a bit greater and also there's the way we adapt to a player like him, and also for the others who are great players, we can improve, we can become greater and it's also true that for the enthusiasm of the supporters, the context is better, it's greater." NEWS CONFERENCE ONGOING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PARIS ST GERMAIN COACH, UNAI EMERY, SAYING: "I think that we can see that there's ambition on both sides. On one side PSG wants to get better and it's true that Neymar's arrival is a step towards that, and on the other side Neymar is taking a bet on PSG because he wants to get better with PSG. What's the future? Becoming a bigger club, having more influence than what we already have and being able to compete at a level which would enable us to win more important titles such as the Champions League and the recognition of a player like Neymar who is already a player at the highest level." JOURNALIST TYPING EMERY LEAVING NEWS CONFERENCE
  • Embargoed: 19th August 2017 19:47
  • Keywords: Neymar transfer Paris St Germain Unai Emery
  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • City: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Soccer,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016SVQHXB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Star striker Neymar will help boost Paris St Germain to the highest level of football, the club's coach Unai Emery said on Saturday (August 5).
    The player, whose 222 million euros ($261.32 million) signing from Barcelona doubled the world-record transfer fee, was prevented from making his debut in the first game of the new season as his registration had gone through too late.
    Nevertheless he was presented to a delirious crowd at the Parc des Princes ground in Paris before a game which saw them beat Amiens 2-0.
    Neymar, 25, joined on a five-year contract from Barcelona on Thursday (August 3) after PSG met the cost of the buyout clause in his contract. PSG believe he will help them challenge for this year's Champions League title.
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