{"id":349748,"date":"2011-03-30T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/barcelona-join-chelsea-in-race-for-brazilian-sensation-neymar-report\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T11:31:00","slug":"barcelona-join-chelsea-in-race-for-brazilian-sensation-neymar-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/barcelona-join-chelsea-in-race-for-brazilian-sensation-neymar-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona join Chelsea in race for Brazilian sensation Neymar &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4>30 Mar 2011 12:31:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.009059233449\">\n<div readability=\"18.471544715447\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Neymar - Brazil (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ab1c95cd127251_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Neymar &#8211; Brazil (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"25.385202135774\"><\/p>\n<p>        <em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Highly rated youngster <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/brazil\/29839\/neymar\">Neymar<\/a> has caught the attention of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/125\/barcelona\">Barcelona<\/a> with his impressive performances for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/brazil\/373\/santos\">Santos<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/brazil\/209\/brazil\">Brazil<\/a> in the past couple of months, Spanish daily <em>AS<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish champions are eager to add another attacker to their squad in the summer transfer window and have been previously linked with Villarreal attacker Giuseppe Rossi.<\/p>\n<p>Rossi has supposedly set his sights on a move to Italy, though, prompting Barcelona to turn their attention to Neymar.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old attacker is considered to be a future star of world football and impressed during Brazil&#8217;s 2-0 friendly win over Scotland at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>However, Barca face stiff competition in the race for Neymar&#8217;s signature. Struggling Serie A giants Juventus have reportedly made the player one of their primary targets in the summer transfer market, while Premier League champions Chelsea have also set their sights on the striker, with the player himself expressing his &#8220;dream&#8221; of playing for the London club.<\/p>\n<p>An offer in the region of \u00a326.3 million could be needed to lure the Brazil international away from his current club.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ab1c95cd127251_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3277\/la-liga\/2011\/03\/30\/2418105\/barcelona-join-chelsea-in-race-for-brazilian-sensation\" title=\"Barcelona join Chelsea in race for Brazilian sensation Neymar - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barcelona join Chelsea in race for Brazilian sensation Neymar &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 30 Mar 2011 12:31:00 Neymar &#8211; Brazil (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . Highly rated youngster Neymar has caught the attention of Barcelona with his impressive performances for Santos and Brazil in the past couple of months, Spanish daily AS reports. The Spanish champions are eager to add another attacker to their squad in the summer transfer window and have been previously linked with Villarreal attacker Giuseppe Rossi. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-349748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Barcelona join Chelsea in race for Brazilian sensation Neymar - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/barcelona-join-chelsea-in-race-for-brazilian-sensation-neymar-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Barcelona join Chelsea in race for Brazilian sensation Neymar - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"30 Mar 2011 12:31:00 Neymar - Brazil (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . 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