Brazilian star Neymar has abandoned the idea of ​​a move to Barcelona and will play for Paris Saint-Germain this season, the French newspaper L'Equipe reported.

"People close to the Paris St Germain have informed the two clubs of their decision to end the season with Paris," L'Equipe wrote on its website.

The Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo also noted that Neymar's surroundings had acknowledged the conclusion of negotiations to return to his former club.

The Brazilian sports director, Leonardo, confirmed that the two sides have not reached an agreement so far on the most expensive player in the world, and the absence of a meeting scheduled between them this weekend, before the closure of the European transfer window today.

Leonardo reiterated the two-sided position of the capital team: on the one hand to abandon the player who cost the club treasury 222 million euros in the summer of 2017, but with the requirement on the other hand to meet the financial conditions, and provide alternatives at the level of players to compensate the departure of the international striker.

Neymar has been at the center of numerous media reports this summer about his desire to leave, amid talk of interest in his services from the Spanish and Spanish football poles Barcelona and Real Madrid. In recent days, Barcelona have been alone in the race to regain the player who has defended his colors for almost four years.

Neymar has been playing with his team without a game since this season, with his uncompromising desire to return to the Catalan club, which has defended his colors since 2013 from Santos.

Neymar joins PSG without training after this season.