Football transfer rumours: next stop for Neymar … Real Madrid?

Today’s tittle-tattle is hurting deep inside

Not content with turning football on its head with his sensational move from PSG to Barcelona, rumour has it that Neymar is already pondering over an even more earth-shattering transfer.

After less than six months in Ligue 1, 11 goals, a sending off and an extraordinary on-pitch contretemps with a team-mate, the flighty forward and his financially savvy father are already eyeing another escape route paved with gold. A return to Spain seems to be the dream, and where else but Real Madrid, who despite their willingness to ride roughshod over the generally accepted rules of engagement when it comes to transfers, just didn’t rate highly enough on the Deeney Index of cojones to snaffle the Brazilian directly from Barcelona in the summer.

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