Badboy 1,526 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Neymar is 15 but has already trained with Santos' first team and is being heralded as the 'new' Robinho - as he is very similar in stature and technique and also comes from the same team. Real Madrid are very much at the front of the queue to land Neymar, though, as they already agreed a pre-contract with his agent Wagner Ribeiro - who is also Robinho's representative. Real signed a deal in August that runs until June 2011 - but the issue is that they have only signed with the player's representative and nothing has been agreed with Santos. Now United's South American scouts have latched onto Neymar and have made enquiries with Santos - as have Barcelona, Arsenal and Chelsea. Battle Despite the huge amount of interest, Brazilian sources claim the battle is a straightforward two-way fight between Real and United. Santos, who realise Neymar cannot sign a professional contract until he is 16, have already acted to counter this by finalising a deal for his image rights until 2015 which means they are due £13million if somebody tries to steal their prized youngster. Real are not too happy about this as they thought they had a deal sealed for Neymar - but now they know they have to agree terms with Santos if they want to secure the player. Neymar is currently starring in the Copa Sao Paolo - the Copinha, which is the most important junior tournament in Brazil. We really should look into this ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Blah Blah Blah, every bloody week there is a new this player and a new that player comming out of South America. The fact is English clubs are always going find it difficult/impossible to sign young South Americans because of the work permit issues and also the weather and more physical nature of the PL. IF he is that good then we will be looking at him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Robinho is only 22 or 23. Surely he isn't old news just yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 10,227 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 robinho has still got alot ahead of him i agree he cant be old news lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badboy 1,526 Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 If man united get this kid and he turns out like anderson i am going to be pissed of big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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