Breaking News: Neymar to Leave Santos This Summer for Real Madrid

The transfer saga of 19-year-old Brazilian forward Neymar looks like it has come to an end with a mega-deal to Real Madrid in the summer transfer window.

According to ESPNSoccernet, the deal is set to be done between Brazilian club Santos and Real Madrid for a summer transfer worth 53 million pounds, and the Brazilian player is set to earn one million pounds a month with the Madrid club.

The transfer saga of the Santos star started over a year ago, with numerous big clubs going after his signature—including Chelsea, AC Milan and his new club, Real Madrid. Neymar has stated that he wanted to stay with Santos to play in the Club World Cup after the club won the Copa Libertadores last season.

The Club World Cup will be the first of many world stages where Neymar will be able to show off his talents, and it will also be the first of many times he will have a run-in with Barcelona—Real Madrid's top rival in Spain—as the European champions will most likely play the South American champions in the final.

After the departure of Neymar, Santos may want to cash in on another young Brazilian player garnering attention from big clubs in Ganso. Ganso has been overshadowed by Neymar, but he is a great young talent himself and he could see himself moving on from the Sao Paulo club in the near future as well.

As for Neymar, he has been a part of his current club since 2003, when he joined the Santos FC Academy. He made his debut for the club at the age of 17 in 2009 and has not looked back since.

In those two years at Santos, Neymar has won the Copa Libertadores and has made himself a featured player on the Brazilian national team, scoring eight goals in 15 appearances. If he continues to play at this pace, he could easily get to 100 caps before he turns 30.

Neymar has also netted 38 goals for Santos in his two years with the senior club. Depending on how the two clubs sort out the specifics of Neymar's contract, he will have a huge financial impact on the club in years to come, as the transfer deal could reach over 100 million pounds.

This is a huge move for Real Madrid, as Neymar will now be playing alongside the world's best on a regular basis as Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil, Sami Khedira, Kaka, Sergio Ramos and a young core of players that could finally break Barcelona's grip on La Liga and the UEFA Champions League under manager Jose Mourinho.

While this move will not happen until the summer, it has already made a huge impact in the football world, as the biggest name to be rumored in the transfer window has already made his move—six months before the summer transfer window even begins.