Neymar says he’s fit, posts mischievous Barcelona video

Neymar says he has recovered “almost 100 percent” from the ankle injury that ruled him out of Brazil’s victorious Copa America campaign.

The world’s most expensive player was speaking Saturday in Sao Paulo ahead
of his belated return to his club Paris Saint-Germain on Monday.

PSG were upset at Neymar’s no-show at the resumption of training last week,
an absence that fuelled speculation of his possible departure back to
Barcelona.

And later Saturday he added fuel to the fire over a possible return to the
Camp Nou when he posted on Instagram a mischievous 10-second video of him, a
Barcelona shirt, his father, and a quote from the Bible: “No weapon turned
against you will prosper.” (Isaiah Chapter 54, Verse 17).

Both the player and his father had insisted last week he had prior
agreement from PSG to stay in Brazil to help his foundation, the Neymar
Institute.

Interviewed on the Parida Grande beach, where he took part in a five-side
tournament organised by his charity, he ducked any questions regarding his
future at PSG.

When he missed last Monday’s first training session PSG issued a statement
declaring they would take “appropriate action” against the star who joined
them from Barca in 2017 for 222 million euros ($252 million).

The French champions’ sporting director Leonardo said that “Neymar can
leave PSG if there is an offer that suits everybody”.

Of his state of fitness he told Brazilian media Globoesports and UOL: “I’ve
recovered almost 100 percent, all that’s missing is training.”