Real Madrid growing increasingly confident of beating Barcelona to Neymar – report

Neymar

Real Madrid are growing increasingly confident of completing a deal for PSG forward Neymar, according to Sport.

Zinedine Zidane's side are competing with Barcelona for the Brazil international, who is keen to leave the Parc des Princes before the European transfer window closes on September 2.

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Greg Lea

Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).