What will go down as the most surprising transfer of all time, PSG have finally completed the signing of Brazilian superstar Neymar from Barcelona for €222 million.
PSG obliterated the existing world transfer record which was previously set by Paul Pogba's move from Juventus to Man United for £89 million in 2016.
Neymar will earn €45 million a year, €865,000 a week before tax on a five-year deal with the Paris based club. It works out at about a quid a second.
Leaving Barcelona for PSG does not seem logical to many but for Neymar, he will get to be the star man of the team and double his salary, whereas at Barcelona, no matter what he did, he would always be in the shadow of Lionel Messi.
Speaking with ESPNFC, French journalist Julien Laurens was asked by presenter Adrien Healy what was the motivation behind the record breaking deal:
Healy: What is your sense, Julien, of the underlying motivation behind all of this, is it money, is it ego, is it titles, is it the Ballon D’or, or does he like crusty bread and tangy cheese? What is the real basic reason behind this?
Yeah I think it is a bit of all of that and a bit of pan-au-chocolat as well and a bit of French wine as well maybe.
A little bit of tongue and cheek from the pair but it is a massive coup for PSG and French football and they will be hoping it takes their game to the next level.
Since the Ballon D'or started in 1959, only one player who played football in Ligue 1 or the French league has won the Ballon D'or, and that was Jean Pierre Papin in 1991 who played for Marseilles at the time, he also represented France 54 times.
Watch the full video below of what the transfer means to PSG and French football.
