--- title: Here Are 10 Things You Can Buy For the Price of One Neymar description: An Ikea table for every person in Namibia, four top-price Hamilton tickets for every centenarian in the United States, and more! authors: - name: Rachel Lewis url: https://money.com/author/rachel-lewis/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 16 covers: - Business - Housing - Lifestyle - Personal Finance social: - https://x.com/rmllll former_staff: true published: '2017-08-03T12:21:35.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T12:37:41.000Z' section: Business tags: - fc barcelona - Neymar - psg - Soccer - Sports - Sports word_count: 514 canonical: https://money.com/neymar-transfer-262-million-dollars/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![International Champiions Cup FC Barcelona v Real Madrid](https://img.money.com/2017/08/neymar-transfer-cost.jpg) *MIAMI, FL - JULY 29: Neymar #11 of Barcelona turns back after a missed shot on goal during the International Champions Cup El Clásico match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.* $262 million: That's how much [French soccer team PSG are set to pay FC Barcelona](http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40800757) for Brazilian soccer star Neymar, if a transfer deal goes ahead. If it does, the trade would be more than double the previous record of $118m paid by Manchester United for French soccer player Paul Pogba last summer. It also swamps [the sums being paid in the NFL:](https://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/biggest-contracts-nfl-history.html/?a=viewall) The contract extension signed by quarterback Andrew Luck cost the Indianapolis Colts a record-breaking $140m in the NFL last year. That $262 million does not even cover the salary or bonus of the 25-year-old who could become the world's most expensive soccer player. The final cost to PSG could be [millions more](http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12691/10971192/neymar-agrees-five-year-paris-saint-germain-deal-ahead-of-world-record-450m-transfer-from-barcelona). Here's 10 things that you can buy for the cost of one talented Brazilian soccer player: ### **1\. Almost 70 million tall flat whites from Starbucks** At $3.75 each, you could buy a caffeinated drink for every man, woman and child in the United Kingdom ### **2\. Tuition, room and board for 4,157 students at [Harvard](http://www.harvard.edu/about-harvard/harvard-glance) this year** At least one of them has got to be as good an investment as Neymar, right? ### **3\. An IKEA coffee table for every person in Namibia** If you wanted to buy all 2,201,680 citizens of the African country a [$119 coffee table,](http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10176292/) one Neymar is about what it would cost you. ### **4\. General admission tickets to Coachella for every festivalgoer for 5 years** You could buy 656,641 [general admission tickets to Coachella](https://money.com/cost-coachella-2017/) for $399 each, easily selling out the 126,000-capacity California festival for half a decade. ### **5\. Over 1,000 journeys to the stratosphere** Virgin Galactic flights cost $250,000 per person, so you'd be able to send the entire, 31-man PSG squad to space every day for a month ### **6\. A private party every day for a year with the Red Hot Chili Peppers** [*Celebrity Talent International*](http://www.celebritytalent.net/sampletalent/3803/red-hot-chili-peppers/) says the average hire fee for the band is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. If you negotiate a fee of $717,808 you can hire them for a personal concert from Jan. 1 through to Dec. 31st. ### **7\. A puppy for every resident of Columbus, Ohio** With adoption prices at $310 per puppy, you could adopt 845,161 from the [Humane Shelter](http://www.thehumanesociety.org/adopt/) — a total almost equal to the population of the Buckeye State capital. ### **8\. A 17.4 million-year subscription to [Money magazine](https://subscription.money.com/storefront/subscribe-to-money/site/mo-flswpar1216sem-tpl.html?iq_id=10019003&link=1036289&fpa_oc=0617+MO+SEM+Ctrl+FS1C)** Though that might be even longer if you can negotiate a loyalty discount! ### **9\. Four top-price *Hamilton* tickets for every American aged 100 and over** What else would you do with the money to buy [308,598 top-tier tickets for *Hamilton*](https://www.ft.com/content/81e13906-e43b-11e6-8405-9e5580d6e5fb) on Broadway, but divide them between the [72,000 centenarians](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/health/centenarians-proliferate-and-live-longer.html?_r=0) in the United States? ### **10\. Two of Bill Gates' bespoke mansions - with some change left over** It took the Microsoft co-founder seven years to build Xanadu 2.0, and in 2014 it was valued at $125.5m. Guests wear electronic tags that trigger the temperature or lighting of a room to change to match their preferences. 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