{"id":590658,"date":"2021-05-08T09:33:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T13:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=590658"},"modified":"2021-05-08T09:33:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T13:33:04","slug":"neymar-signs-new-paris-saint-germain-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/05\/08\/neymar-signs-new-paris-saint-germain-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Neymar Signs New Paris Saint-Germain Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/05\/06\/champions-league-semi-finals-six-takeaways\/\" target=\"_self\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> forward Neymar has signed a new contract with the club. The deal quashes speculation linking the Brazilian with a move away from the Parc des Princes, and keeps him at the club until June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>It is also thought that the new contract entitles Neymar to a significant financial bonus if he helps PSG win a maiden <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/04\/29\/champions-league-semi-finals-five-takeways\/\" target=\"_self\">Champions League<\/a> title. This season, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/05\/08\/friday-night-european-football-round-up\/\" target=\"_self\">Ligue 1<\/a> champions were knocked out at the semi-final stage by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/05\/07\/premier-league-big-six\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Neymar Signs New Five-Year Paris Saint-Germain Contract<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSG_English?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@PSG_English<\/a> is delighted to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neymarjr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@neymarjr<\/a> has signed a contract extension for a further three seasons until 30 June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd19\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NeymarJr2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NeymarJr2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gqRfaWhuJt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/gqRfaWhuJt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSG_English\/status\/1391012019705454593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Brazil Forward is Happier Than Ever in Paris<\/h3>\n<p>Having told teammates that he is feeling more settled than ever in the French capital, it comes as no surprise that Neymar has reaffirmed his commitment to PSG.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old joined the club from Barcelona in 2017 in a world record \u00a3200m deal. Since then, he has scored 85 goals and recorded 51 assists in 112 games for\u00a0<em>Les Parisiens<\/em>, helping the club continue their recent dominance of French football.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Neymar has scooped seven domestic trophies in his time in Paris to date, including three consecutive Ligue 1 triumphs.<\/p>\n<h3>Contract Affirms Champions League Ambition<\/h3>\n<p>Since his record transfer to the club, Neymar has become known as the jewel in PSG&#8217;s expensively-assembled crown. Upon his arrival in 2017, it was hoped that the Brazilian would lead the club to their first Champions League success, an objective that remains their primary goal.<\/p>\n<p>Having come close in each of the past two seasons &#8211; PSG were beaten finalists in the competition last season &#8211; Neymar now has another five years to deliver on that objective.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their lofty European aspirations, PSG may find themselves falling short of defending their Ligue 1 title this season. Champions in each of the last three seasons, the club could be dethroned by Lille, who are just two wins from a first title in ten years.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"VLR71ikfQe1uP9XCbayhAA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1315801913\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'VLR71ikfQe1uP9XCbayhAA',sig:'cO7lym9m5WdG194H5rUjPhAvI2v3_T5jK_3mUgyebhU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1315801913',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar has signed a new contract with the club. The deal quashes speculation linking the Brazilian with a move away from the Parc des Princes, and keeps him at the club until June 2026. It is also thought that the new contract entitles Neymar to a significant financial bonus if he helps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3563,"featured_media":590682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1367,7],"tags":[389],"class_list":["post-590658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paris-saint-germain","category-ligue-1","tag-neymar"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3563"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}