🚨 Neymar to leave Europe? Ligue 1 wonderkid to Arsenal? Plus more on Marcus Thuram, Ousmane Dembele and Hannibal Mejbri - Jonathan Johnson's Mercato Magazine

Our man in Ligue 1 with this week's column on Neymar, Dembele, and more.

PSG looking for buyers for Neymar but may have to look outside Europe

One of the big stories of the week has involved Neymar and those links with Manchester United. It’s important to be clear that, what’s happened there is not any direct contact between United and any other club with PSG, but it’s intermediaries, who are aware that PSG want to move Neymar on, and that’s nothing new, they tried to do so last summer as well.

The difference now is PSG have finally realised that they probably won’t be able to get rid of Neymar on a permanent deal, so they might accept a loan deal with an option or obligation to make the move permanent. The key for PSG is to get as much of his wages off their bill as possible, and that’s going to be a massive challenge.