Barcelona's Neymar attends a team training session on Saturday at the club's Joan Gamper complex outside the Spanish capital. Manu Fernandez / AP / August 22, 2015
Barcelona's Neymar attends a team training session on Saturday at the club's Joan Gamper complex outside the Spanish capital. Manu Fernandez / AP / August 22, 2015
Barcelona's Neymar attends a team training session on Saturday at the club's Joan Gamper complex outside the Spanish capital. Manu Fernandez / AP / August 22, 2015
Barcelona's Neymar attends a team training session on Saturday at the club's Joan Gamper complex outside the Spanish capital. Manu Fernandez / AP / August 22, 2015

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Barcelona ‘will talk extension’ with Neymar in light of Manchester United rumours

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu says the club will talk about an extension with Neymar because 'he must stay, not just three years, but five or 10'.

Associated Press

August 25, 2015

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Barcelona's club president says the European champions will consider offering Neymar a contract extension amid speculation that Manchester United are interested in signing the Brazil striker.

Josep Maria Bartomeu tells Catalunya Radio that “in the next few months we will talk about an extension”.

“He must stay, not just three years, but five or 10 years more.”

The 23-year-old Neymar is under contract until 2018. Media reports in Brazil speculate that United are willing to pay his €190 milllion (Dh795.8m) buyout clause.

Neymar scored 39 goals last season – his second with the club – to help Barcelona win the Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Rey treble.

He has yet to play this season while recovering from the mumps.

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