"For now, nothing has come back to my ears, but on my side, the truth is that I'm staying," said the player from Doha (Qatar), where one of his sponsors was organizing a football tournament. to five that bears his name.

"It's true of true," he insisted.

PSG, in the midst of restructuring, would wonder about the place to be given to "Ney", who signed a contract extension last year until 2025.

The commitment until 2025 of Kylian Mbappé, who becomes the center of the sports project, has reshuffled the cards in the club of the capital, ready this summer to start again on a new cycle, by changing sports director with the official departure of the Brazilian Leonardo, and, perhaps, a coach, while Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino is the starting point.

The sports daily L'Equipe assures in its Wednesday edition that PSG "would not be opposed to a departure from Neymar".

We will have to see what place will be given to the Brazilian next season by the new sports management, which could be led by the Portuguese Luis Campos, tipped to take over from Leonardo according to several media.

The most expensive player in history, bought for 222 million euros from FC Barcelona in 2017, struggled to assume his status, due to recurring injuries which raise questions about the career of the 30-year-old.

Neymar scored his 100th goal for PSG on Saturday against Metz (5-0), in the last game of the season.

"The dream continues and next season we will come back fresh with the strength to fight again (for our goals)," he wrote on his Instagram account on Sunday.

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