Neymar remains in the dark as to his future with Paris Saint-Germain. He Brazilian has been linked with a return to Barcelona, who left Camp Nou for French champion in a world-record €222 million deal in 2017.
The Brazilian left out of PSG squad for Saturday’s pre-season friendly against Inter Milan. He also did not feature in either of PSG’s two recent friendlies in Germany having missed Brazil’s triumph at the Copa America due to injury. However, Neymar recently declared he is almost 100 percent fit after recovering from foot and ankle injuries.
PSG manager Thomas Tuchel refused to talk much about Neymar’s future following his return to Barcelona rumour this ummer.
“There is nothing new [to report] about Neymar. For me, he is our player, we train with him. It’s a question for the club and Neymar. For me, he’s in the dressing room, he’s training, he’s still my player. There is nothing new.” Tuchel said.
“When we travelled to Macau he’d not trained. From a medical point of view we decided it was a big risk to play him so he stayed at home in Shenzhen to improve his fitness.
“It would have been the same here in Suzhou [against Sydney]. He and [Presnel] Kimpembe will train on Wednesday for the first hour with the team.” Tuchel added.
PSG have signed Ander Herrera and Idrissa Gueye this summer. Tuchel adamant both have different qualities and will give him increased options for the 2019/29 campaign.
“They are not the same type of player. They don’t play in the same position.” Tuchel said.
“Herrera is a No.8, a box-to-box player. Gueye is a holding midfielder, who gives us the opportunity to play with only one player in front of the defence. His best position, for me, is No.6 but he can also play with another player alongside him [in central midfield]. His ability to recover the ball means he’s a different type of player to Herrera.” he added.
PSG will kick off the 2019 Ligue 1 campaign at home against Nimes on August 10.
