Despite being under contract, Barcelona were powerless to stop the transfer as the French side met the buyout clause in Neymar’s contract. “If the SC order had intended to give the players a voice in administration, this SCA move had promptly managed to stifle it. In a meeting with the sports ministry after the Games, the federation said Mestvirishvili had ‘outlived his usefulness’ and had to be replaced. “To be honest, I was not aware of that,” Vettel said of the seven-year drought. These bargain buys have the ability to slot into their new teams and impact a significant change to the club’s fortunes. Having said so, our attitude will be humble, but not surrendering. Neymar moves into sprawling mansion near PSG training ground. That run ended in Copenhagen as Denmark scored twice in each half in a thumping 4-0 loss for the Poles. “This is not just a case of SCA finding a loop hole in the new changed order but it is an act that makes a mockery of the SC order,” Ghavri wrote. TRANSFERS THAT DIDN’T HAPPENDespite speculation and expectations of certain players making moves, and with many suitors in place, some deals never took place.