BARCELONA TO REBUFF MAN UTD INTEREST BY OFFERING NEYMAR BUMPER NEW DEAL

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The Brazilian has attracted interest from Old Trafford in the last few days,
but the Catalans have no intention of selling and the 23-year-old is set for
a lucrative new contract.
Barcelona are to offer Manchester United target Neymar a new contract and
pay rise to end summer speculation and secure the forward's long-term
future, Goal understands.
United made an enquiry about the Brazilian in their negotiations to try and
sign Pedro, but Barca are not considering a sale and will make Neymar the
club's best-paid player after Lionel Messi, who takes home around €22
million per year after tax, to tie the player down until 2020.
The 23-year-old's current contract expires in 2018 and former president
Sandro Rosell promised the Brazilian he would be offered a new deal in
2016.
Rosell resigned in January last year due to controversy over how the
player's move from Santos was paid for, but his successor Josep Maria
Bartomeu - who took over and was elected again in July - is set to offer the
renewal ahead of schedule after United's recent interest.
The Premier League side were willing to pay a world-record fee for the
Brazilian, who is the second player to use interest from United to secure a
bumper new deal this summer after Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos flirted with
the Old Trafford outfit before committing to a renewal at the Santiago
Bernabeu earlier this month.
Neymar, who helped Barca win the treble last season but has been sidelined
so far this term with a bout of mumps, is happy in Catalunya and will now
become the club's second-highest earner behind Messi, who takes home
around €22 million per year after tax.
Talks between Neymar, who has scored 54 goals in 92 appearances since
moving to Barca in the summer of 2013, and club are yet to get underway,
but a meeting is to be arranged in the coming days.