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The transfer fee was confirmed by Barca vice-president Josep Bartomeu, who also revealed the forward’s buy-out clause in his five-year contract has been set at €190m (£162m).
The vice-president said the interest of other clubs, including Real Madrid, had forced the price up from the €40m they had wished to spend on the 21-year-old Brazil international.
"Neymar wanted to come and it helped even though the figure has ascended our expected level of spending from €40m up to €57m, a price which rose because of interest from other teams,” Bartomeu said.
“The operation has been made more expensive due to the interest of other clubs that interfered in the signing of Neymar.
"Barca's offer was not the highest of all. Interference from other clubs has pushed up the operation but we are delighted to have Neymar here.”
Bartomeu also confirmed that the Catalans will play two games against Santos as part of the deal and said he hoped this would just be the start of a fruitful relationship with the Brazilian club.
He added: "It would be perfect if in the future some other Santos players could come to Barcelona.
“This is a part of the agreement with Santos, if there is a player who can be interesting for the club, they could come to Barcelona.
Andoni Zubizarreta was also at the presentation and said he was certain there would be no problem with Neymar playing alongside Lionel Messi at Camp Nou.
"Great players can always play together. You can never have too much talent," he explained.
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