Neymar's agent Pini Zahavi has offered the Brazilian soccer superstar to FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich according to SPORT, which cited anonymous sources.
The 33-year-old is currently back at his boyhood club Santos, with whom he signed a five-month contract at the turn of 2025 which will occupy him until the European summer.
Both Neymar and his father Neymar Sr. have made comments that communicate the project in the Sao Paulo state coastal city is for longer than the specified timeframe, however.
“Our project is not only for five months, even though my son’s contract is only for five months,” Neymar Sr. said last month.
“We did not come here to play five months, we have come to give Santos the opportunity to restructure itself during this time, to find allies who can help the club get back on its feet - and a lot of people have appeared,” he added.
As part of the same post-match interviews following a 3-1 win against Agua Santa, Neymar urged Santos fans to “be calm” and promised that it was “the beginning of a great era,” for the club.
Yet in Catalonia, reports such as one from SPORT in early March continue to link Neymar with a potential second spell at his first European outfit in Barca.
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President Joan Laporta and Co. allegedly told the winger’s camp that he must score 15 goals before a pursuit is made for him.
Approaching the weekend and a key La Liga clash with Osasuna for the Blaugrana, the same paper reports that agent Pini Zahavi has “already put his name on the table at Barca and Bayern” while Neymar isn’t interested in a switch to the Premier League.
Neymar and his family “would be willing to make an effort to return to Barcelona”, where Brazil’s all-time top scorer would be idolized by Lamine Yamal.
While Barca needs a left winger, it has priorities other than Neymar but isn’t “closing the door 100% to him”.
Involved in the deal that brought Robert Lewandowski to Montjuic, Zahavi has a great relationship with Barca Laporta which could come in handy.
As for Bayern, which Neymar has already revealed could have been his first European stop in the early 2010s as Pep Guardiola tried to break an agreement with Barca at a time Real Madrid gave him a “blank check”, the Bavarians will prioritize the potential capture of Florian Wirtz above all when restructuring its squad for next season.