Reports in Spain said Barca had agreed a deal to pay 10million euros in advance in order to have the right to conclude a transfer for the 19-year-old before 2014, with Santos forced to pay financial penalties if they choose not to sell the player before that date.
But at a press conference on Wednesday, Barca spokesman Toni Frexia refused to be drawn on the question.
"What we do is communicate agreements when they are finalised," he said. "We also respect that the player is a member of another team, Santos, so we have nothing to say.
"I don't explain things that we are doing until they are done."
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Hang on a minute, have to get the Barca hating to return to a reasoned or logically point. The Romeu deal had those clauses inserted and well publicised when he signed for Chelsea, there's a similar arangement in place for Bojan Krcic at Roma. That is not an uncommon clause to insert in a contract, Man Utd reportedly include rights on the first option to buy back certain players who leave the club. Also nobody is holding a gun to Santos' head here. They are recieving an injection of cash immediately to provide Barcelona with first refusal on the player if they are willing to sell within a specified time period. I don't know the particulars of these 'financial penalties' (hardly surprising as the deal may not exist) but it's fair to assume they'd involve recompense of the original payment. Deals like this are not uncommon outside of the UK. They're not illegal or imoral as some people are suggesting, you're just not used to them. it's not Barca being arrogant, these are all clauses being isnerted into contracts that other clubs are willing entering. If anything it's more above board than the shameful display they put in chasing Cesc, and many English clubs indulge in on a regular basis"- fr tod umpcious
Source:http://www.football365.com/news/21554/7390359/Barca-Refuse-To-Comment-On-Neymar-Reports
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