This archive report was first published on 28 August 2019.
On Tuesday, officials from Paris St-Germain and Barcelona met in Paris to discuss a possible deal for Neymar to return to the Spanish champions. The meeting comes after a year of speculation surrounding the Brazilian forward's future.
According to Guillem Balague of BBC Radio 5 Live, both clubs have described the talks as 'positive', but there is still 'lots of work to do' before a deal can be reached.
Neymar, 27, joined Paris St-Germain from Barcelona in 2017 for a world record fee of 222m euros (£200m). The Catalan club are now offering 170m euros (£153m) to be paid after a year's loan, with the loan cost estimated to be at least 35m euros (£31.6m).
Barcelona's board member, Javier Bordas, stated after the meeting that a deal was 'closer', but negotiations were continuing. Neymar's entourage are said to be 'optimistic' about the deal, with the forward reportedly favouring a return to the Nou Camp rather than a move to Real Madrid or Juventus.
