Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has reportedly held a meeting to discuss how best to secure the signature of Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar.

The club's hierarchy have been discussing what form the bid should take in order to tempt the Ligue 1 champions into selling one of their prized assets.

The cash sum mentioned would be a whopping €170m (£154.3m) bid that could be in the form of a loan with an obligation to buy at the end of the season - PSG would not accept an option to buy.

However, if Barca decide to include a player in the deal, they would be able to lower the cash sum, with Ousmane Dembele being discussed as an option, according to Marca.

Dembele is not keen to leave Barcelona, however, which makes his involvement in the deal more complicated.

Barca are also worried that the recent attacking injury crisis PSG find themselves in will make them even more reluctant to part with Neymar.