Neymar to sign new Barça contract on Friday

Barcelona announced that Neymar will sign his new contract, taking him to June 2021 at 3pm on Friday. The new deal was made official on 1 June.
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Neymar to sign new Barça contract on Friday — Andreu Dalmau EFE

Neymar to sign new contract this week

Neymar will sign his new contract with Barcelona at the club's offices at 15:00 CEST on Friday, the club announced today. Under the new arrangement, Neymar will remain a blaugrana until June 2021.

[CONTRACT NEWS] @neymarjr will sign new contract on Friday that will keep him at the Club until June 2021 pic.twitter.com/RG8M6StxSC
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Buy-out fee boosted

The club had made official the agreement to extend Neymar's contract on 1 July. As part of the deal, Neymar will take home a post-tax salary of 15 million euros during the next five years (32.3 million gross). Barça will also boost the Brazilian's retention fee from 190 million euros to 200 for the first year - a figure will will incease to 222 millionin Neymar's second year and 250 million for the last three years on the contract.

Player, delighted

Neymar was delighted with the news, tweeting: “Happy to continue enjoying this dream: Visca el Barça y Visca Catalunya (Long live Barça, long live Catalunya)”.

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