Bartomeu calls superstar's exit 'an opportunity'

BARCELONA - Neymar dismissed Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu as a "joke" as the war of words between the Brazilian superstar and Barca's beleaguered board heated up on Tuesday.

In interviews with Catalan newspapers Mundo Deportivo and Sport, Bartomeu claimed Barca would be better off without Neymar this season following his record $264 million move to Paris Saint-Germain last month.