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Neymar quells transfer rumours

SAO PAULO, Brazil, September 20 – Star Brazilian striker Neymar on Monday put paid to rumours linking him to a big money transfer to Spain saying he was staying with Santos.

The 19-year-old had been linked with a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid and also to a lesser extent their bitter rivals Champions League holders Barcelona.

“What is certain is that I am not going to leave at the next transfer window (Europe’s transfer window in January),” said Neymar at a specially-convened press conference.

“I am going to stay here till the centenary (of the club on April 14 2012). I am a Santos player and I am not negotiating with anyone.

“If I had my way, I would stay at Santos for a long time.

“I am happy here and I have no reason to leave.

“To be happy is what is important. Here I have my friends and family,” added Neymar, who is father of a newly-born baby boy.

In early August it had been reported by the usually well-informed Spanish Madrid-based sports daily newspaper Marca that Neymar had signed and would arrive after the World Club Championship in December.

However, he appeared to put that in doubt only a couple of days later when in an interview he praised Barcelona and also said he would be staying with Santos, with whom he won the Libertadores Cup earlier this year.

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Then at the end of last week local newspaper ‘Estado de Sao Paulo’ claimed he had undergone a medical at Sao Luiz de Sao Paulo hospital prior to announcing his transfer to Real.

Neymar’s current deal with Santos is worth almost two million dollars a season through to 2015.

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