Barcelona sue Neymar for breach of contract, seeks £7.8m

Barcelona have sued former player, Neymar for £7.8m in damages, for an alleged breach of contract following his record £200m move to Paris Saint-Germain last month.

The £7.8m fee relates to a 'loyalty bonus' which was included in Neymar's contract, and paid to the player, when he penned a five-year extension in October of last year and in addition to the bonus he was paid at the time, he was due to receive €26m more this summer.

Having already said they would refuse to pay Neymar, the €26 million in bonus payments he was due to receive this summer, the Catalan club are now attempting to claim back money already paid to the player.

The club said they believe they are owed money that Neymar received as part of a renewal bonus when he signed a new contract last year, in addition to €8.5m in damages plus interest.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Barcelona said they had passed the complaint on to the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), having first filed the lawsuit in a Barcelona court on Aug. 11.

FC Barcelona have sent a claim to be made against Neymar for breach of contract to the RFEF for it to be passed on to the French Football Federation [FFF] and FIFA,the statement read.

In the lawsuit, the club demands the player return the already paid sum for his contract renewal because he has not fulfilled his contract; €8.5m in damages; and an additional 10 percent in interest. The club also requests that PSG subsidise the amounts in the event that the player cannot take responsibility.

But the Catalans are now seeking to reclaim this bonus after the "unilateral termination of the contract" which allowed Neymar sign for PSG. 

Barcelona are just bad losers!!