"Neymar does now not want to depart the membership or need to go," Bartomeu defined whilst addressing the media at a press conference at Thursday lunch-time.
"So I have no idea whether or not it'll be in these days, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, however we will affirm the renewal of Neymar's contract for the next 5 seasons.
"He not ever mentioned 'I wish to go away the club'.
The brand new deal will maintain the 24-yrs old at the club except 2021 and springs simply as rumours of Manchester United make one final last ditch try to prise him away were surfacing.
Neymar has been linked with a move away from Barça for the final twelve months, with United, Paris Saint-Germain and even real Madrid all linked with bold strategies at one time or a different.
There were even rumours that his relationships with Lionel Messi and Luis Enrique are poor, prompting additional hypothesis that it was simplest a matter of time before whatever needed to supply.
Suggestions of developing economic predicament had been one of the crucial things put ahead as expertise proof that Barça could ought to promoting off stars sooner or later on account that of an incapacity to pay competitive salaries.
However, such fears were allayed by the announcement of a renewed beneficial partnership with Nike so that it will hold a significant amount of money making its strategy to the club for a whilst yet.
Having publicly validated last month that a deal had been agreed, Bartomeu has now revealed that initial estimates as to the valued at of the contract, because of run to 2026 were right.
The deal will convey a guaranteed world file sum of €155m through the door every 12 months, some distance surpassing the £75m that Manchester United obtain annually from Adidas from their contract which was once the prior high mark in world football.