Barcelona allow Neymar to miss training as he tells team-mates he's leaving for PSG

Sport360 staff 12:37 02/08/2017
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  • Barcelona have given Neymar permission to miss training amid speculation of a world-record transfer to Paris Saint-Germain.

    The Brazil forward has been heavily linked with a €222 million move to the Ligue 1 club this summer.

    And Barcelona confirmed on Wednesday the 25-year-old had been allowed to miss training.

    “The player came to train as scheduled and announced to his teammates that he is leaving. The coach has given him permission to not train and to manage resolving his future,” a Barcelona source told AFP.

    The club tweeted: “Neymar Jr hasn’t trained with the permission of the coach”.

    Neymar told team-mates he was leaving the club before departing from the training ground, according to reports in Spain.

    The former Santos player has a contract with Barca until 2021, but PSG, deposed by Monaco as French champions last term, appear prepared to activate his release clause.

    That would make Neymar the most expensive signing in history, more than doubling the record fee Manchester United paid Juventus for Paul Pogba last summer.

    In his three seasons in Catalunya, Neymar has helped Barca win LaLiga twice, the Champions League once, three Copa del Reys and the FIFA Club World Cup.

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