THE French league has stepped into the transfer affair of Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, commonly known as Neymar, from Barcelona FC in Spain to Paris Saint-Germain in France, calling on their Spanish counterparts not to block the Brazilian’s move to Paris Saint-Germain.

The French League issued strongly worded statement hours after Spanish League refused to accept a cheque presented by Neymar’s advisors for 222 million euro ($260 million) to pay his buyout clause with Barcelona.

The French body urged the Spanish league “to stick to FIFA’s rules and its responsibilities”. It said, “The LFP is surprised and does not understand the refusal of La Liga to simply accept the payment of the release clause of the player Neymar. The LFP asks the Liga to abide by the Fifa rules and its responsibilities. The LFP supports Paris Saint-Germain and wishes Neymar to join the Ligue 1 championship.

“The legal services of the LFP are in support and at the disposal of Paris Saint-Germain so that the Neymar contract is approved as soon as possible.”

Aug 14, 2017 @ 01:00 GMT