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

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Neymar is on his way back to France for crunch talks with PSG over his future, according to reports.

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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.

The Daily Mail reports that the forward was spotted catching a flight back to Paris from Sao Paulo on Sunday afternoon.

He left the Camp Nou in a world record £198 million deal two years ago, and PSG sporting director Leonardo has admitted that the La Liga side have made contact over a return, although their ability to fund a deal remains in doubt.

Barcelona last week secured the £108 million signing of Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid and it is understood that they would need to sell Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele to raise the funds needed to bring Neymar back.

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Alasdair Mackenzie

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.