PSG have rejected Barcelona's latest offer for Neymar – and here's why

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PSG have rejected Barcelona's £173.6m bid for Neymar which would have seen the Brazilian initially return to the Camp Nou on loan, according to ESPN. 

The La Liga champions are keen to re-sign their former forward, who also wants to leave the Parc des Princes before the European transfer window closes on September 2.

Barcelona offered £36.6m to take Neymar on loan for the 2019/20 campaign, followed by a compulsory purchase for a fixed fee of £137m next summer.

Thomas Tuchel's side would look to replace Neymar were he to depart in the coming weeks, and an upfront fee of £36.6m would not be sufficient for them to do so.

PSG are also hoping to recoup the £198m they spent on the former Santos man back in 2017.

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Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).