Transfers: “Given PSG’s proposal”, he signs for €60M!

Tuesday 21st January 2025 08:10 PM

Thibault Morlain
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Journalist

After trying different sports, Thibault turned to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and a journalist, the qualities tipped the scales to one side. Here he is now in the editorial staff of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Institute of Communication in Paris.

Joao Neves was therefore one of the 4 players who joined PSG during the last summer transfer window. At the age of 20, the Portuguese midfielder left his cocoon at Benfica, where he was trained, to sign with the capital club. Paris will also have taken out the checkbook to carry out this transfer, paying the sum of €60M + €10M. A few months after his arrival at PSG, Neves spoke about his transfer.

Last summer, PSG made the recruitment of a midfielder a priority. The capital club then found its happiness on the side of Portugal and Benfica. Jewel of Lusitano football, João Neves thus put down his suitcases at Paris. While the Lisbon club initially hoped to sell him for the €120 million of his release clause, the deal Neves was settled at €60M, to which could be added €10M in bonuses.

“I didn’t expect to leave the club”

João Neves is thus today a player of the PSG. Pour Our Mondialthe Parisian returned to this transfer, explaining: “ At the time, I didn't expect to leave the club, but I knew Benfica's needs and I knew that maybe it was an option to leave and given PSG's proposal, how they spoke to me about the club, what they told me, what this club is, the essence of the club, I think I see a lot of PSG in me. It's a club that wants to bet on young people, it wants to bet on football, beautiful football. The important thing is how we win, how we play with the ball. I think the ideology of this club is perfect for me ».

“Sometimes my friends say I’m worth 60 million”

« The amount? I am so young that I have no idea what money is and its importance. I think that's an advantage. Sometimes my friends say I'm worth 60 million, and I wonder how is that possible? And it's a little hard to digest, but I don't worry about that, because like I said, and I always say it and I will always say it, if I do my best, I can be worth more , I can be worth less. In football, everyone knows that what is true today is a lie tomorrow », also explained João Neves.