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Full name: Neymar da
Silva Santos Júnior
Date of birth: February 05, 1992
Birthplace: Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality: Brazilian
EU passport: No
Height: 160 cm
Weight: 53 kg
Club: Santos
Position: Forward [C]
Number: 0
Previous clubs: none
Manchester United have joined the battle to sign Neymar da Silva -
arguably the brightest young talent in Brazil. Neymar is 15 but has
already trained with the Santos first team and is being heralded as
the 'new Robinho' - as he is very similar in stature and technique
and also comes from the same team.
Real Madrid are very much at the front of the queue to land Neymar
as they have already agreed a pre-contract with his agent Wagner
Ribeiro - Robinho's representative.
Real signed a deal in August that runs until June 2011 - but the
issue is that they have only signed with the player's
representative and nothing has been agreed with Santos.
Now United's South American scouts have latched onto Neymar and
have made enquires with Santos - as have Barcelona, Arsenal and
Chelsea. Despite the huge amount of interest, Brazilian sources
claim the battle is a straight fight between Real and United.
Santos, who realise Neymar cannot sign a professional contacrt
until he is 16, have already acted to counter this by finalising a
deal for his image rights until 2015. This means they are due
£13million if he goes elsewhere.
Real are not too happy about this as they thought they had a deal
sealed for Neymar - but now they know they have to agree terms with
Santos if they want to secure the player. Neymar is currently
starring in the Copa Sao Paolo - the Copinha, which is the most
important junior tournament in Brazil.