PSG on verge of record deal to sign Neymar

Barcelona appear to be on the verge of selling Brazilian superstar Neymar to Paris Saint-germain for a record €222 million (£198million). The 25-year-old Brazil striker, widely considered to be among the best players in the world alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, broke weeks of silence yesterday when he told his Barcelona teammates he wanted to move on after four trophy-laden seasons. The Catalan giants have wasted no time making their anger known, replacing a giant poster that included Neymar with a new version in which he is absent. Sport, pages 1-3