He's coming home.
Too much smoke for their not be fire, his entourage us leaking stuff to the press left and right.
Tite when asked about Neymar;
Neymar's national team manager Tite had some advice for him about his club future, per Kalinic:
"I would go to a team where I always felt happy—as a person, as a human being and as a family, because there I will be professionally better. They are very particular situations. It is a professional issue. It has to do with where you feel good, where you feel happy."
Meanwhile, Luis Suarez, who is at the Copa America with Uruguay, told RAC1 (h/t Kalinic) that playing alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar in 2014-15, when Barcelona won the treble, "was one of the best moments I've ever lived."
He added: "Who would not want to enjoy players like Ney?
Chile's Arturo Vidal, who moved to Barcelona last summer so never played with Neymar at the Camp Nou, seemed similarly open to the idea of his return, per Kalinic: "It would be lovely if he wanted to come [back to Barcelona]. He won everything, everyone likes him there."
It seems Neymar is not the most popular man in the PSG dressing room, with the Independent detailing how it’s gone wrong for the 27-year-old in the French capital, including the quote from an unnamed team-mate slamming him as ‘a total prick’ when asked by a journalist for his opinion on him.
Along those lines, others describe the entourage around him as “a nightmare”, making it difficult to get close to him, or assert any kind of control.
Then there’s Neymar’s rather infantile application of that talent. It seems mostly used to humiliate teammates at training, although he doesn’t like it when he’s subjected to the same tricks. He's lashed out at younger colleagues for similar.
One PSG teammate who previously liked Neymar was recently privately asked by a journalist friend what the Brazilian is like. “A total prick,” was the instant response.
It is a spreading feeling. It is not universal, though.
Neymar is still very friendly with the key figures from the high point of his career, at Barcelona in the 2014/15 treble season. He shares a Whatsapp group with Messi and Luis Suarez.
That in itself reflects how he’s always had regrets about leaving Barcelona, and now wants to return to Spain.
There was a pointed quote in France Football from PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi on Monday.
“I want players that are ready to give everything to defend the honour of our shirt and who sign up to the club’s project. Those who do not want to, or do not understand it, we meet and we speak. There are of course contracts to respect, but the priority now is complete commitment to our project… Nobody forced him to sign here. Nobody pushed him to. He came with a full understanding of the cause to sign up to a project