French league says La Liga should accept Neymar fee

The French soccer league LFP said on Thursday it did not understand why the Spanish league rejected payment for Neymar's record-breaking release clause that would allow the Brazilian star to leave Barcelona for Paris St Germain. "LFP, does not understand the refusal by Liga to simply accept the payment for the release clause for player Neymar," LFP said in a statement.

LFP releases statement on Neymar to PSG.

And they're NOT happy with La Liga ? ? ?https://t.co/OC8LTWwZ0s— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) August 3, 2017

A group of lawyers representing Neymar visited La Liga in Madrid on Thursday to try to settle the transfer and pay the 222m ($263m) break fee.

OFFICIAL: LFP release statement in response to LaLiga's stance on Neymar - https://t.co/KngGLPGRysA long few days coming up. ? pic.twitter.com/TbaQiDDLjO— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) August 3, 2017