Paris (AFP)
Paris superstar SG Neymar, who returned to Brazil in mid-March before confinement, made his return to French soil on Saturday ahead of the resumption of training for the Paris club scheduled for June 22, reported several French media .
According to the newspapers L'Equipe and Le Parisien, Neymar flew Friday from Rio de Janeiro. On board a private plane, he landed Saturday "mid-morning," according to L'Equipe.
Like his PSG partners, the Brazilian still has a week's vacation ahead of him, but faced with the risk of tightening entry rules on European soil, "Ney" anticipated his return.
Leaving in mid-March after the suspension of competitions in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the attacker has spent the last weeks in a luxury villa with a weight room in Mangaratiba, a seaside town near Rio, with his relatives .
PSG plans to resume training on June 22, in anticipation of a very busy month of August which will see it fight both in the Champions League, where it qualified for the quarters, and in Ligue 1, the start of the next season is expected on August 23.
The finals of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue, suspended due to the pandemic, could also be rescheduled at that time for PSG, opposite Saint-Etienne and Lyon respectively.
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