Former Barca VP: Neymar returning to Barcelona is possible

Former Barcelona vice-president Emili Rousaud says “Neymar coming back is possible”, with the coronavirus pandemic expected to push prices down in the next transfer market.

A man currently caught up in the ‘civil war’ at Barcelona which has seen six board members resign, told L’Equipe: "Neymar coming back is possible.

"The coronavirus is going to provoke deflation in the transfer market and the majority of clubs will have financial problems.

"Barcelona will have to analyse if the operation is within the club's finances. The interest is real, but it's complicated. There are three parties involved: Barça, PSG and the player.

"If the three look for an agreement, they will find the solution: payment in instalments, for example. It all depends on the will of each party and especially on the demands of Neymar."

For now, Barca are among those seeking to navigate their way through the most testing of times for all professional football clubs.

Those in Catalunya have agreed a wage cut, but other leading sides across Europe have vowed to give up a greater slice of their respective salaries.

"Bayern, Madrid and Juventus have obtained more rigorous economic cuts from their squads than us," said Rousaud.

There is still plenty of money in the pot at Barcelona, but Rousaud has suggested that someone “had their hands” in the treasury and is ready to go to legal war with the Blaugrana over his claims that “corruption is evident”.