Neymar's Ballon d'Or place costs Barcelona €2 million

Neymar's Ballon d'Or place costs Barcelona €2 million
The Brazilian joins Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the three-man shortlist and although he's a rank outsider, the Spanish champions are required to pay a fee.
Neymar's place in the three-man Ballon d'Or shortlist will cost Barcelona €2 million as part of their agreement with Santos.

The Brazilian makes up the three nominees alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo following his stunning treble-winning year with Barcelona.

Neymar joined Barcelona in a €57.1m deal from Santos in June 2013 but a clause in that transfer also required the Spanish champions to pay a further €2m once the forward secured a place in the Ballon d'Or top three.

Earlier in November, speculation over the 23-year-old's future at Barcelona was heightened his father claimed that the possibility of a transfer could happen if his son's tax evasion case ended with an unwanted outcome. A Brazilian court has frozen €42m worth of assets belonging to Neymar, his family and related businesses as the 23-year-old is alleged to have evaded €14m worth of taxes in Brazil from 2011 to 2013.

However, the forward, whose current deal worth €8.8m per season expires in 2018, insists he wants stay with Barca.

"I've still got years on my contract," the Brazil international said on Saturday.

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