Neymar storms out of Barcelona training after fight with teammate
Barcelona star Neymar stormed out of the club’s training session on Friday after fighting with new teammate Nelson Semedo.
The Brazil international, who is reportedly close to joining Paris Saint-Germain in a world-record deal, needed to be held back by Sergio Busquets as he angrily confronted the Portuguese defender, reports metro.co.uk.
After clashing with Barcelona’s summer signing, Neymar took off his bib and threw it on the ground before walking out of the session.
The 25-year-old also kicked two footballs in anger as he made his way to the side of the pitch.
Neymar is currently with Barcelona for their pre-season tour of the United States and was set to travel to China later this month for a fan event.
But Chinese online travel agency Ctrip has now confirmed that he has cancelled his trip due to ‘transfer issues’.
‘It’s with great regret that we must announce the cancellation of Neymar’s forthcoming ‘fans meeting’ set to begin in Shanghai on 31 July,’ read a statement from Ctrip.
‘Mr. Neymar and his team occupy themselves dealing with transfer issues and they cannot say for sure whether they could manage to arrive in Shanghai on 31 July. So we decided to cancel the fans meeting.’
Last week, reports in Brazil claimed that Neymar had agreed a deal with PSG and the French club are willing to pay the forward’s €222 million (£197m) release clause.