Neymar involved in Barca training bust-up amid proposed PSG move
28 July 2017 5:37 PM GMT
Neymar stormed out of Barcelona training as his exit from the Spanish giants appears to move closer.
In an exclusive video obtained by Sportsmail, the Brazil superstar walks off the pitch after a fight with new Barca signing Nelson Semedo.
Neymar has been linked with a world-record move to Paris Saint-Germain in a deal worth £195million, and his walkout now looks to have made that move even more likely.
In the video, things initially appear to be going well, with the forward tucking away a goal during a small-sided game.
However, Neymar and right back Semedo then tangle in a challenge for the ball, with the striker squaring up to the new arrival from Benfica.
Javier Mascherano quickly intervenes and Semedo runs back to the game, but Neymar is clearly still unhappy, calling and gesturing after the defender, and having to be restrained by Sergio Busquets.
The furious striker then tears off his training bib and throws it to the ground as manager Ernesto Valverde stands helpless close by, stalking off with only a rueful pat on the back from Mascherano.
Neymar then angrily fires a ball off the crossbar of a nearby training goal, and then boots another one away as he exits the field.
Accompanied by a member of the Barcelona staff, he leaves as training resumes without him, with the player going out into the car park and leaving the training area entirely.
The session took place in Miami, with Barca in the USA as part of their prestigious pre-season tour.
Neymar has been in excellent form on the tour, scoring three goals in two games, but lost his cool half an hour into the training session at Barry University.
The walk-out comes before Barcelona play their final friendly of the tour, against arch rivals Real Madrid on Saturday.
It has also emerged that Neymar's plans to duck out of Barcelona's flight back to Spain have been thrown into chaos amid reports his commercial commitments in China on Monday have been cancelled.
Barcelona players are due to touch down back in Spain on Sunday afternoon after the Saturday night Clasico friendly, but Neymar had planned to jet straight to Asia for a commercial commitment with Replay that would keep him away from the Nou Camp while Barca and PSG thrash out the details of his switch to Ligue 1.
Now reports suggest the event on Monday has been cancelled with the organisers understood to be citing the player's involvement in the transfer.
What is not clear is if Barcelona, who have grown increasingly tired of Neymar's behaviour on the club's US tour, have applied pressure on him to cancel the trip so that his record-breaking move can be tied up.
As the saga of the summer crawls to its conclusion, the sticking point is now PSG's preference for not paying Neymar's £195m clause even if it means they end up paying more for the player. Agencies
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