According to Marca’s estimate, Neymar got paid €111 million for his 80 games played for Paris Saint-Germain. Each appearance set them back around €1,400,000, suggesting he was paid over a hundred million for his three years there.
Neymar’s transfer to Paris Saint-Germain began in a way that it wasn’t planned by the French team. His period in Paris has its problems, and a new challenge is the imposed due to the break taken by COVID-19.
Now it is confirmed that ‘Operation Neymar’ hasn’t been what it was meant to be and the Brazilian has only played 80 of the 155 PSG’s intended games since his arrival in 2017.
It’s about 51 percent, an average of 26 games each season. Given that it cost them €222 million to sign him from Barcelona and that they pay him €37 million a season, the player doesn’t represent a profitable expectation.
He also had to skip major games against Real Madrid and Manchester United. Before the 2018 World Cup, Neymar lost 100 days with PSG and played just 30 of their 56 games in 2017/18. It was in the following campaign when he missed out on United, stayed on the bench for 88 days and played just 28 of their 55 games.
A broken ankle in June 2019 caused another problem, putting him out in early 2019/20. He recovered but suffered another injury in October. He made 22 appearances out of a total 44 in 2019/20.
