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A personal appearance in China next week was
canceled because he was said to be "busy with transfer
business".
Pictures of Barca training in Miami for Saturday's game against
arch-rivals Real Madrid in the International Champions Trophy
showed Neymar having to be kept apart from team mate Nelson
Semedo before removing his bib and stomping away from the
session.
Suggestions that he might have weighty matters on his mind
increased when Chinese travel agent Ctrip posted on its official
Weibo account that it has had to cancel an event with Neymar
because he is "busy with transfer business".
Ctrip said the event was scheduled for Shanghai next Monday and
that anyone who had bought tickets would be refunded.
PSG have reportedly held discussions with Barcelona about a
transfer for the 25 year-old that would smash the world record
89 million pounds ($117) Manchester United paid for France
midfielder Paul Pogba last year.
Neymar's buy-out clause was set at over 200 million euros ($234
million) but that does not appear to have deterred PSG, who are
backed by Qatari finance and lost their French league title to
AS Monaco last season.
($1 = 0.8538 euros)
(Reporting by Steve Tongue, editing by Ed Osmond)
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