For Greater Paris, this summer is undoubtedly the most critical period. Although the departure of Messi has caused a significant decline in their influence and strength, it is also the best opportunity to start from scratch, and it is a gain to use this opportunity to complete the team's rebuilding work. Judging from the current news, Grand Paris does not want to give up this opportunity, and even French media have listed the list of Grand Paris purges, including Neymar, Verratti and other 10 people, and in this list, Neymar is undoubtedly the most concerned player.
Neymar's departure actually has little to do with his performance on the field, and the more critical factor comes from off the field. If you just look at the statistics, Neymar has scored 15 goals and provided 13 assists in 26 games in Ligue 1 and Champions League appearances for Grand Paris, all of which are top-level stats and there is no need to leave. And the reason why Paris is willing to give up Neymar at this point in time is because the team wants to change the club's business model this summer, Neymar is a problem that they have to face and a problem they must solve.
First of all, Neymar's salary in Greater Paris is second only to Mbappe, with a salary of more than 30 million euros, and in the case of limited salary space for the team, if you can send Neymar away, you can save a lot of salary expenses. Secondly, the relationship between Neymar and Greater Paris has been completely broken, especially with the fans, it has reached the point of incompatibility, and it can even be said that Neymar has never been accepted by some fans of Greater Paris, who believe that Neymar is just a "mercenary" that the team pays for, and does not have any sense of belonging to Greater Paris. Finally, Neymar does not want to remain in the team, and the boos that Messi has encountered will also happen to Neymar.
It's just that Neymar's departure is not an easy task, just his salary part is very difficult to solve, even if Greater Paris is willing to lower their psychological expectations, sell or even loan Neymar at a reduced price, the salary part still has to be subsidized. And the team that can accept Neymar must also be a big team, otherwise it is still difficult to bear the huge salary expenditure, which is also the key to Barca's elimination from Neymar's next list. According to English media reports, Grand Paris has listed a crazy swap plan to send Neymar to Manchester City to exchange with the B seat, but Manchester City must bear Neymar's salary.
The deal sounds good, but it's limited to Greater Paris and not much good for Manchester City. The current transfer fee for seat B is estimated at around 80 million euros, which is equivalent to Manchester City spending 80 million euros to buy Neymar, allowing Greater Paris to get the most needed midfield core. Moreover, Manchester City's demand for Neymar is not great, their current strength in the front court is enough, and the arrival of Neymar is just the icing on the cake, unless it is a healthy Neymar in his peak will bring great help to the team. However, a peak Neymar, how can Greater Paris be willing to give up. So the deal is more wishful thinking for Paris, and it's hard for City to accept such a swap plan, and unless Pep Guardiola has other plans, there's no reason to do so.