Perhaps the Santos academy product should first be commended for putting us out of our misery before the end of the current campaign.

It will have come as a great disappointment to the two main sports newspapers in Catalonia, who were probably banking on generating constant transfer link stories over the summer.

But we can all now rest easy over not being put through a fourth installment of football's never-ending, will-he-won't he soap opera saga. 

In case you still hadn't heard, the world's most expensive player – whisked off to Paris Saint Germain through the activation of his $263 million release clause in 2017 – has agreed a four year extension with the Ligue 1 giants on a contract that was set to expire at the end of next season. 

While it will come as music to the ears of fans in the French capital, the decision confirms many things.

Set to receive a reported $36.5 million a year, which a Barca over $1 billion in debt could never afford, it tells us what was always thought true. 

That Neymar, who supposedly left the Camp Nou to emerge out of Messi's shadow and scoop the Ballon d'Or, has always prioritized financial gain over on-field success.

Though it has been filled with a litany of domestic silverware, Neymar has never looked close to decorating his trophy cabinet with football's greatest individual gong which his Argentine friend has lifted on six occasions.