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$263M Neymar Soccer Transfer Smashes World Record
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Not even a weekend defeat at the hands of arch-rival FC Bayern Munich could halt Borussia Dortmund GmbH’s stock-market rally on Monday as speculation persisted that the German soccer club could receive almost half of the 222 million euros ($262 million) FC Barcelona stands to get for Brazilian soccer star Neymar Da Silva Santos Jr.
The shares climbed as much as 2.5 percent in Frankfurt, extending the increase to as much as 6.9 percent since Paris Saint-Germain said on Aug. 3 the 25-year-old had signed a five-year contract with the French club. L’Equipe reported at the weekend that Barcelona may pay in excess of 100 million euros to replace Neymar with Dortmund attacker Ousmane Dembele.