Neymar flies back to join PSG team-mates with future still uncertain

Neymar

The Ligue 1 champions were furious with the Brazilian last week when he failed to turn up for pre-season fitness tests.

However, Neymar’s representatives have claimed that his employers were aware he would remain in Brazil for the world finals of the ‘Red Bull Neymar Jnr’s Five’ five-a-side tournament, which he hosts at an institute in his hometown every summer.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.