FOOTBALL: Neymar was willing to accept a loan move to Chelsea, but Newcastle were the only ones who fulfilled PSG’s transfer request in the summer”

Ney­mar was will­ing to accept a loan move to Chelsea in the sum­mer, but New­cas­tle were the only club will­ing to meet PSG’s demands.

The Brazil­ian star is set to leave Ligue 1 as Kylian Mbappe report­ed­ly wants to sell him.

Pre­mier League clubs Chelsea and New­cas­tle have both expressed inter­est in sign­ing Ney­mar, but they have not materialized.

PSG did not have a sol­id offer for an attack­ing player.

One of Ney­mar’s “favor­able” deals was a loan move to Chelsea, but talks nev­er mate­ri­al­ized, El Pais via Sport reports.

New Blues own­er Todd Bour­ley spent more than €287m in the sum­mer trans­fer win­dow, putting his stamp on the club.

With the Stam­ford Bridge club sign­ing play­ers like Marc Cucurel­la, Wes­ley Fofana and Pierre-Emer­ick Aubameyang, there was lit­tle room left for the Brazilian.

An approach from Pre­mier League side New­cas­tle also fell short of Ney­mar’s expectations.

It was also report­ed that Mag­pies “has fund­ing from all over the world, but the project remains the exact oppo­site of what Brazil­ians want.”

Instead, New­cas­tle signed Real Sociedad strik­er Alexan­der Isak for €72m, scor­ing two goals in his first three games.

How­ev­er, the Swedish strik­er injured his thigh and will be out until December.

Despite his own future up in the air, the for­mer Barcelona man has­n’t let his dis­trac­tions affect his on-pitch effectiveness.

He has scored 12 goals and pro­vid­ed nine assists in just 16 appear­ances in all com­pe­ti­tions this season.

Ney­mar will want to go into the Qatar World Cup in this form and help Brazil win its sixth title.