Paris Saint-Germain will be out of the squad for the first phase of the new season, according to an official at the Paris Saint-Germain club.
Neymar's Leonardo, the sporting director of Saint Germain, has announced the absence of the most expensive player in the world, which hosts Nimes today at the Parc des Princes, where the capital team is seeking a third successive title, after winning in 2018-2019 sixth title in the last seven seasons.
The official confirmed the existence of negotiations "more advanced than before" on the departure of the international striker from the team, amid press reports that he moved to Spain to return to his former team Barcelona, or join Real Madrid.
However, Leonardo said the club, owned by Qatar Sports Investment Company, "is not yet ready to give its approval" to Neymar's departure, stressing that the club will know "dealing with this period." It is important to determine the future of everyone. If he stays, he will play. If he leaves, he will leave. The more (which is determined which of the two destinations will be adopted), the better. ”
In response to a question in this regard, the German coach Thomas Tukel avoided to mention the departure of Neymar or not, linking his absence from today's game physical readiness. "Neymar did not finish the training session yesterday, and it is not possible to participate in today's game." "He is in the stage of the individual exercise and is slightly injured. He was hit the day before yesterday, and another (yesterday). "He didn't have a whole week with the team so he couldn't play with us."
The 27-year-old joined St Germain in the summer of 2017 for 222 million euros, the penalty clause for the termination of his contract with the Catalan club, in a deal that made him the most expensive player in the world.
This summer, however, he has made no secret of his desire to leave after two seasons at St Germain, which have been marred by injuries that have long kept him out in both years.
Spanish newspapers on Friday devoted a large part of their pages to talk about «auction» between the two poles of the local ball, ie Real and Barcelona, to sign the Brazilian.
The Marca newspaper wrote that Neymar was in sight and that the Royal club, under French coach Zinedine Zidane, was convinced that he could no longer sign French midfielder Paul Pogba from Manchester United. Interface »Before the start of the Spanish league next weekend.
The Madrid newspaper AS and Catalan newspapers, most notably Sport, reported yesterday that Neymar had a possible deal and the two clubs were competing for it, while Mundo Deportivo noted that the priority for Neymar was to return to Barcelona.