LFP Denies Report Claiming Neymar’s PSG Deal Has A €300m Release Clause

The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) have rubbished a report in El Pais that claimed Neymar could leave Paris Saint-Germain through an exit clause in his contract worth €300 million.

Spanish newspaper El Pais had claimed that a failure to win the Champions League, the Ballon d’Or or The Best FIFA’s Men’s Player would have activated a €300 million release clause in Neymar’s contract on Sept. 1 of this year.

But the LFP issued a statement via French outlet L’Equipe in response to the article, citing a rule that says minimum fee release clauses and exit clauses are not permitted in professional French football contracts.

“The LFP issues a clear reminder about article 202 of its rule book,” the LFP statement read. “Clubs are not allowed to sign contracts that contain release clauses that enable the agreement between both parties (player and club) to be unilaterally terminated.


“Therefore, with this text in place, Neymar’s contract is unable to contain such a clause. There is no such clause in the player’s contract, which was approved by the LFP’s legal committee.”

It is not impossible that a gentleman’s agreement exists between Neymar and PSG, through his agent and father Neymar Senior and club owners Oryx Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), but neither party have revealed the existence of such an agreement or any sort of timeframe.

Neymar remains in his native Brazil continuing his recovery from a surgery to mend a fractured fifth metatarsal in his right foot, but his future has attracted fresh speculation recently.