Barcelona star Neymar 'turned down PSG's offer of £42m contract

Neymar turned down a staggering £42million contract, access to a private jet and a string of hotels to join Paris Saint-Germain this summer. 

The forward was linked with a series of moves over the transfer window, including a possible switch to Manchester United. 

Instead, he chose to put pen to paper on a five-year deal with the Nou Camp club. 

According to his agent, Wagner Ribeiro, a meeting was scheduled between the PSG chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Neymar and his father in Ibiza. 

The representative revealed that Neymar would have received a five-year deal worth €50million (£42m), use of a private jet for travelling to Brazil games, and a share in a chain of hotels that would use his name, much like Cristiano Ronaldo's business. 

The forward considered the proposal, and PSG later held a second meeting with the player in Sao Paulo where they informed him that they would play the release clause written into his Barcelona deal. 

However, he eventually decided to turn down the offer on the table. 

"We were talking for two hours and Neymar was excited,' Ribeiro told ESPN Brasil, 

"Al-Khelaifi explained that tax would not be an issue and he'd be No 1 in the team, which cannot happen at Barcelona. 

"I told Neymar it was an unrealistic proposal, he'd become the highest paid player in the world. 

"If Neymar stayed in Barcelona it's because he's happy there, in the club and the city. I wanted him to go to PSG but his father advised him to stay.'