Tag: Neymar

  • Neymar out of PSG team after lavish party

    Neymar out of PSG team after lavish party

    Neymar is out of the Paris St-Germain squad for their league match at Nantes on Tuesday with a rib injury. The Brazilian, who needed treatment during PSG’s victory against Montpellier on Saturday, celebrated his 28th birthday at a Parisian nightclub 24 hours later. Manager Thomas Tuchel said his team selection would not be influenced by…

  • PSG boss kicks against Neymar’s lavish birthday party [Photo]

    PSG boss kicks against Neymar’s lavish birthday party [Photo]

    Neymar celebrated his upcoming 28th birthday with a lavish party at Parisian nightclub Yoyo on Sunday. Paris St-Germain manager Thomas Tuchel skipped the white-themed party under the Palais de Tokyo, after branding it “a distraction”, with the event coming just two days before their next game. It appeared to be a sentiment not shared by…

  • Transfer: Barca preparing fresh move for Neymar

    Transfer: Barca preparing fresh move for Neymar

    La Liga giant Barcelona remain determined to bring Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar back to Camp Nou and will launch a renewed transfer offensive in the summer window. The Brazilian was involved in a long-running transfer saga this summer, but PSG eventually refused to budge despite Neymar’s clear desire to return to his former club. Nevertheless,…

  • Brazil v Senegal: Neymar’s 100th cap ends in draw

    Brazil v Senegal: Neymar’s 100th cap ends in draw

    Neymar became the seventh man to win 100 caps for Brazil in a friendly draw with Senegal in Singapore. The Paris St-Germain forward could not add to his 61 international goals in a frustrating display in front of a sparse crowd. Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino put Brazil ahead with a lovely chip from Gabriel Jesus’ clever…

  • UCL: Neymar suspended for PSG clash in Turkey

    UCL: Neymar suspended for PSG clash in Turkey

    Paris St-Germain forward Neymar serves the final game of his two-game European ban when his side face Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday. Neymar, 27, was given a three-game suspension for insulting match officials after PSG’s loss to Manchester United in March, but the ban was later reduced to two matches. Forward Kylian Mbappe,…

  • Neymar, Barca meet again, this time in court

    Neymar, Barca meet again, this time in court

    Barcelona spent much of the summer trying to bring Neymar back to the club two years after he left to join Paris St Germain, but on Friday the Brazilian will come up against his old club in the courtroom to settle a bitter legal dispute. Neymar, 27, was pictured arriving at Barcelona’s El Prat airport…

  • Neymar Champions League ban reduced

    Neymar Champions League ban reduced

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced Paris St Germain striker Neymar’s suspension from three to two UEFA games for insulting match officials, CAS said on Tuesday. PSG and the Brazilian had appealed against the three-game ban imposed by European governing body UEFA in June, and CAS partially upheld the appeal. Neymar labelled the…

  • Ligue 1: Neymar the saviour as PSG beat Strasbourg 1-0

    Ligue 1: Neymar the saviour as PSG beat Strasbourg 1-0

    Neymar scored a spectacular last-gasp goal for Paris St Germain that was greeted with more cheers than boos in a 1-0 Ligue 1 win over Racing Strasbourg on Saturday. It was the Brazilian’s first appearance of the season following a failed transfer to Barcelona. The forward found the back of the net with a bicycle…

  • Neymar back for PSG after Barca transfer saga

    Neymar back for PSG after Barca transfer saga

    Neymar is available to play for Paris St Germain after being left out of their squad as negotiations took place over a potential return to Barcelona, coach Thomas Tuchel said on Friday. The Brazilian is likely to make his first appearance of the season for the Ligue 1 leaders at home against Racing Strasbourg on…

  • I would have loved Neymar return – Messi

    Barcelona forward Lionel Messi says he would have “loved” for Neymar to return to Camp Nou as his arrival would have “increased our chances of achieving our objectives.” Neymar, 27, joined Paris St-Germain from Barcelona in 2017 for a world record fee of 222m euros (£200m). “He was desperate to come back,” Messi told Spanish…