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Leonardo: 'No concrete offers for Neymar'

By Barney Corkhill, Editor | 22 July 2019

Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo insists that there have been no concrete offers for Neymar despite speculation linking him with a return to Barcelona.

Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo has insisted that there have been "no concrete offers" for Neymar this summer.

The Brazilian has told the Ligue 1 champions that he wants to leave the club during the current transfer window amid speculation linking him with a return to Spain.

Former club Barcelona have been most strongly linked with Neymar, although Real Madrid are thought to have a lingering interest and have reportedly been offered the chance of a swap deal with Gareth Bale.

However, despite speculation that Barca had offered PSG a mega-money player-plus-cash deal for the 27-year-old, Leonardo insists that nothing has changed with Neymar's situation.

"There is nothing different, nothing at all. There are no concrete offers for Neymar. He has a contract with us and is our player," Leonardo told reporters.

"I repeat, there is no concrete offer. It's been the same situation for 10 days."

PSG boss Thomas Tuchel added: "It's a matter between the club and Neymar. He's training with the team for the first time tomorrow, so far he's only trained individually, and he's going to China."

Neymar has scored 51 goals in 58 appearances for PSG since joining from Barcelona in 2017.