- Title: Barcelona fans say Neymar will be moving to an inferior league
- Date: 2nd August 2017
- Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (AUGUST 2, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF NOU CAMP STADIUM BILLBOARD OUTSIDE STADIUM WITH PICTURE OF NEYMAR AND OTHER BARÇA PLAYERS PROMOTING THE CLUBS NEXT FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST CHAPECOENSE MAN LOOKING AT NEYMAR'S SHIRT HANGING AT A STALL (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCELONA FAN BURTON DAKE, 49-YEARS-OLD, DUTCH, SALES DIRECTOR, SAYING: "Neymar would be the next Messi or Suarez because he's much younger, he's a young player and the future of Barcelona, so I think they lose a big player over here for the future of Barcelona and the impact you know, MSN will be MS and then the new player, perhaps Coutinho or perhaps another one, but yeah, you know Barcelona will keep on winning but with Neymar it makes more special." MESSI SHIRT / NEYMAR SHIRT (SOUNDBITE) (French) PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN FAN ANTONI GUILLEM, 37-YEARS-OLD, FRENCH, BUTCHER, SAYING: "Very good for Paris, very good for Paris, for Barca..... for Paris, yes!" SIGN SHOWING THE EXIT FROM THE STADIUM / FC BARCELONA AND CATALONIA FLAGS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BARCA FAN PAU BONET, 46-YEARS-OLD, SPANISH, RETAURANT OWNER, SAYING: "I can't understand why a player like him would rather play in French league than the Spanish league. If he goes she should do so to England or.... that's all." FC BARCELONA AND CATALONIA FLAGS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BARCA FAN AND SOCCER COACH FROM COLOMBIA, JOSE VALENCIA, 44-YEARS-OLD, SAYING: "Barca has done well selling him for that amount of money, it was a tug of war between the club and the player. He has decided that he doesn't want to be under the shadow of Lionel Messi, because Leo's shadow is too big and he wants to look for another course. Barcelona have done well and Neymar, I'm not sure if he has done so well because PSG is a very big team in Europe, but the French league is inferior and what Neymar does at PSG will have a lesser repercussion than what he could have done at Barca when he played here." VARIOUS OF STREET OUTSIDE NOU CAMP STADIUM
- Embargoed: 16th August 2017 14:17
- Keywords: Neymar Barcelona PSG soccer
- Location: BARCELONA, SPAIN
- City: BARCELONA, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0016SGS3EN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Barcelona fans were mostly surprised that Neymar has decided to move from Barcelona to PSG in a record-breaking transfer.
With the deal expected to be completed later this week, some fans felt that Barcelona would still be able to keep winning without the Brazilian and would benefit from the estimated 222 million Euro deal. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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