<div align="justify">Lionel Messi bid farewell to Neymar on Instagram today after the Brazilian striker told him and other Barcelona teammates he was leaving, saying it was a "huge pleasure" to have played with him.<br /><br />The Catalan club confirmed today that Neymar wanted to leave after weeks of intense speculation, taking the 25-year- old closer to a potential world record move to Paris Saint- Germain.<br /><br />"It was a huge pleasure having shared all those years with you, my friend @neymarjr," Messi wrote on Instagram next to a montage of pictures of both football stars high-fiving, embracing or laughing.<br /><br />"I wish you lots of luck in this new stage in your life. See you soon tkm," he added. "Tkm" stands for "te quiero mucho" (I love you loads).<br /><br />"Thanks brother. I will miss you man," Neymar replied on Instagram.<br /><br />Speculation over Neymar's future has dominated the first few weeks of new Barca boss Ernesto Valverde's reign.<br /><br />On Wednesday, the Catalan club insisted the Brazilian's 222 million euro ($260 million) buyout clause must be paid.<br /><br />Such a fee would smash the current record £89.3 million ($111 million, 105.2 million euros) Manchester United paid for Paul Pogba last year.<br /><br />The player's advisor Wagner Ribeiro said the fee would be paid "in the coming hours" and Neymar could be presented in Paris "this weekend."</div>
<div align="justify">Lionel Messi bid farewell to Neymar on Instagram today after the Brazilian striker told him and other Barcelona teammates he was leaving, saying it was a "huge pleasure" to have played with him.<br /><br />The Catalan club confirmed today that Neymar wanted to leave after weeks of intense speculation, taking the 25-year- old closer to a potential world record move to Paris Saint- Germain.<br /><br />"It was a huge pleasure having shared all those years with you, my friend @neymarjr," Messi wrote on Instagram next to a montage of pictures of both football stars high-fiving, embracing or laughing.<br /><br />"I wish you lots of luck in this new stage in your life. See you soon tkm," he added. "Tkm" stands for "te quiero mucho" (I love you loads).<br /><br />"Thanks brother. I will miss you man," Neymar replied on Instagram.<br /><br />Speculation over Neymar's future has dominated the first few weeks of new Barca boss Ernesto Valverde's reign.<br /><br />On Wednesday, the Catalan club insisted the Brazilian's 222 million euro ($260 million) buyout clause must be paid.<br /><br />Such a fee would smash the current record £89.3 million ($111 million, 105.2 million euros) Manchester United paid for Paul Pogba last year.<br /><br />The player's advisor Wagner Ribeiro said the fee would be paid "in the coming hours" and Neymar could be presented in Paris "this weekend."</div>