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Matty Hewitt

Gary Neville says Neymar transfer would ‘scare him to death’ as he talks Newcastle’s transfer plans

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville says a signing like Neymar at Newcastle would scare him to death. The Magpies are the richest club in world football, but they've been unable to spend their riches given the constraints of Financial Fair Play.

The arrival of a global superstar like Neymar is somewhat unrealistic at the current stage of the Magpies' rebuild, but at some point in the future that's expected to change. The Brazilian's future at PSG is in doubt and the sensational links to Newcastle come off the back of Les Parisens' supporters chanting outside of his house telling him to leave the club..

Neville has advised the Toon hierarchy to avoid signing Neymar this summer, but admits a time will come where Eddie Howe has to roll the dice. He said on the Gary Neville podcast: "That would scare me to death, that sort of signing.

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