The Brazilian completed a £199m move to PSG earlier this summer but Barcelona are ready to take legal action.
Futbol Club Barcelona have announced they will sue former star and Brazilian superstar, Neymar, who completed a world-record £199million switch to PSG earlier this summer, for failing to fulfil his contract.
The La Liga giants are claiming the sum of €8.5m (£7.8m) from last year’s loyalty bonus, plus a further 10 percent in arrears.
Barca have filed their official complaint to the Spanish Federation. The amount corresponds to the bonus included in Neymar’s contract when it was extended last October.
The Club statement reads:
‘FC Barcelona has sent the labour claim it made at a Barcelona labour court on August 11 to the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) so that they can pass it on to the French Football Federation and FIFA, for legal purposes.
‘In this claim, the club demands the player pay back a renewal bonus for a failure to honour his contract; €8.5m in damages and an additional 10 per cent in arrears.
‘The club also demands that Paris Saint-Germain subsidise the payment of these amounts in the event that the player can not take responsibility for them.
‘FC Barcelona has promoted these actions in defence of its interests, after the unilateral rescission of the contract initiated by Neymar Jnr a few months after the signing of its renewal until 2021.’
The legal battle was made known after Neymar who scored twice on his home debut for PSG on Sunday slammed his former club directors in an interview.
‘When I arrived, everything started well, but at Barcelona, there are directors that shouldn’t be there. I’m very sad with them.’
PSG are likely to intervene, rather than the player himself pay the sum.
