PSG demand full £206m for Neymar after failed Barca bid, United ready to pay Sanchez to leave

Barcelona fail with first Neymar offer 

The Daily Mail reports that Barcelona’s first bid for Neymar has been rejected by Paris Saint-Germain. The Spanish club made an offer of £74 million, plus the Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho, but the French club want the equivalent of the £206 million they splashed out on the 27-year-old striker. They have suggested that £93 million, Nelson Semedo, Ivan Rakitic, and Coutinho would be sufficient, but Barca want to keep Semedo, and Rakitic is reluctant to move. 

United ready to pay Sanchez to leave

Manchester United are ready to cut their already sizeable losses from signing Alexis Sanhez. The 30-year-old Chilean striker has been in woeful form for the club ever since his move from Arsenal, and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is prepared to subsidise his wages of around £505,000 a week in order to help him move on. The Sun reports that Italian club Roma are interested but not if they have to take on his whole salary.