HOW NEYMAR'S TRANSFER ALLOWED BARCELONA TO BUY COUTINHO AS PART OF €307M SPENDING SPREE
HOW NEYMAR'S TRANSFER ALLOWED BARCELONA TO BUY COUTINHO AS PART OF €307M SPENDING SPREE The Brazilian became the world's third-most expensive player with his transfer to Camp Nou on Saturday - but how did the Blaugrana fund the deal? Five months after his move to Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar is still a significant presence at Barcelona. He is no longer scoring goals for the Catalan club, of course, but his world-record €222 million move has allowed the Blaugrana to spend in excess of €300m over successive transfer windows for the first time in their history. Quite simply, without the sale of Neymar, the subsequent signings of former Borussia Dortmund starlet Ousmane Dembele and ex-Liverpool ace Philippe Coutinho would have been impossible. Even though Barca have spent significant sums in recent years, the Catalans had never previously undertaken such an outlay: a grand total of €307m on six players – Dembele (€105m), Coutinho (€120m), Paulinho (€4...