€60m Unpaid Bonuses: PSG Brazilian forward Neymar ready to sue Barcelona

Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar is prepared to sue former club Barcelona for a total of €60m over bonuses which the Brazilian claims not to have received, 90min says.

Neymar (m) with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) teammates during a UEFA Champions League warm-up session. Photo: Ozan Kose - Pool/Getty Images

Neymar, 28, joined Barcelona back in 2013, however, stunned the world when he made up his mind to part ways with the club just after four years.

The Brazil international became unsettled at the Camp Nou and went ahead to pay his own buy-out clause in order to ensure his move to French Champions Paris Saint-Germain came through in 2017.

But Cadena Ser reports that the superstar is not finished with Barça just yet. Neymar is demanding that the European heavyweights pay him the rest of a signing bonus which he feels he is owed, after putting pen to paper on a new contract prior to leaving the club. He has since stated this intention in writing, while his ex-club have impugned the claim.

PSG Brazilian forward Neymar in action during the UEFA Champions League game between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir. Photo: Ozan Kose - Pool/Getty Images

The Brazil international is subsequently suing Barça for a further €43.65m, as his previous employers had originally paid him the first instalment of €22m before he joined PSG. La Blaugrana argued that they did not need to stump up the rest of his bonus due to his decision to depart Camp Nou, and an initial court hearing sided with the club, and ruled against Neymar.

However, that is not the end of this debacle. The former Santos star's legal team appealed this decision on 4 August, and by 7 September Barça had contested this new approach.

The court believed that the renewal bonus was part of the player's salary, and based on the amount of time that Neymar was at the club, he was obliged to pay back €6.7m euros to the former Spanish champions. Unsurprisingly, this has not gone down well in Paris.

Neymar recorded great success with the Catalans, lifting two League titles and a Champions League (2014/15).