International newsmakers 2017: Football: Neymar

The Brazilian's exit from Barcelona has been the focal point of 2017. When he finally completed his transfer to Paris Saint Germain, it was the biggest transfer in football, at a whopping 222 million euros. It bettered the next best transfer amount by more than double. Neymar has already justified that he's worth the big bucks after scoring some fine goals for the French Ligue 1 side.