{"id":68594,"date":"2017-08-02T22:19:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T21:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=68594"},"modified":"2017-08-02T22:19:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T21:19:14","slug":"instagram-messi-bids-farewell-neymar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/instagram-messi-bids-farewell-neymar\/","title":{"rendered":"On Instagram, Messi bids farewell to Neymar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi bid farewell to Neymar on Instagram Wednesday after the Brazilian striker told him and other Barcelona teammates he was leaving, saying it was a \u201chuge pleasure\u201d to have played with him.<\/p>\n<p>The Catalan club confirmed Wednesday that Neymar wanted to leave after weeks of intense speculation, taking the 25-year-old closer to a potential world record move to Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a huge pleasure having shared all those years with you, my friend @neymarjr,\u201d Messi wrote on Instagram next to a montage of pictures of both football stars high-fiving, embracing or laughing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish you lots of luck in this new stage in your life. See you soon tkm,\u201d he added. \u201cTkm\u201d stands for \u201cte quiero mucho\u201d (I love you loads).<\/p>\n<p>Speculation over Neymar\u2019s future has dominated the first few weeks of new Barca boss Ernesto Valverde\u2019s reign.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Catalan club insisted the Brazilian\u2019s 222 million euro ($260 million) buyout clause must be paid.<\/p>\n<p>Such a fee would smash the current record \u00a389.3 million ($111 million, 105.2 million euros) Manchester United paid for Paul Pogba last year.<\/p>\n<p>The player\u2019s advisor Wagner Ribeiro said the fee would be paid \u201cin the coming hours\u201d and Neymar could be presented in Paris \u201cthis weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi bid farewell to Neymar on Instagram Wednesday after the Brazilian striker told him and other Barcelona teammates he was leaving, saying it was a \u201chuge pleasure\u201d to have played with him. 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