Neymar fights with Semedo at training

Neymar Jr. continues to dominate the headlines. And not just for his possible transfer to PSG and his goals against Manchester United and Juventus, but also for his attitude at training.

Angry at a hard challenge from Semedo in training, the Brazilian squared up to the Portuguese, but the Portuguese was more reticent and tried to avoid a confrontation by backing away from Neymar. But Neymar didn’t want to let it go and challenged his teammate to come back, and then went looking for him. As you can see in the video from The Daily Mail, Mascherano, Busquets and Luis Suárez stepped in to calm the situation.

Whether it was his own decision or a decision by Valverde or one of the captains, Neymar then left the session after the argument. He ripped off his bib and stormed off.

The video is circulating on social media and more and more Barça fans are demanding that a solution is found to this situation as soon as possible so the squad can prepare properly for the season.

Barça agree terms with Coutinho

Barça have moved a step closer to signing the Brazilian Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool and have reached a deal with the player according to RAC1. Now they just need to agree a fee with Liverpool.

Barcelona have sent a delegation to Liverpool to try to agree a deal with the club but have already agreed a contract with the Brazilian. But Liverpool have already rejected an offer of around €80 million from Barça but the club will continue to negotiate.

Barcelona have been following Coutinho for a while but the deal is being blocked by Liverpool and their German manager, Jurgen Klopp, who does not want to lose the Brazilian.

Leo Messi destroyed the GPS

“He’s happy, he’s renewed his contract at Barcelona and he’s turned up at pre-season like a train”, sources in the dressing room said about Leo Messi before the tour to the US. And we had doubts because such exaggerations are often made about great players from the dressing room.

It wasn’t until the first friendly that we could see that the claims were true and backed up by the data. According to our sources his GPS data and parameters were incredible. All Barça players wear a GPS tracker during pre-season matches to monitor their physical and metabolic condition.
And on Sunday, Leo Messi’s GPS showed numbers that had never been seen before in pre-season. While obviously the exact figures are confidential, we have been told that “they are Messi’s best in pre-season” in terms of the number of kilometres run, acceleration, top speed, speed over 20 metres and aerobic capacity and numerous other categories.

Despite this, it should be pointed out that Messi is often coming off the back of a World Cup or Copa America in June, which affects his physical preparation and means the player barely has any holiday time.

Nevertheless, he has reported back this season “like a storm”, which when added to his incredible talent, makes him a “complete leader” in every sense. And an image paints a thousand words: to see Leo defending in the right back position when Aleix Vidal was upfield and the way he pressured Juve’s players when in possession highlight what good condition he is in. In fact, the Argentinian recovered the ball six times.

Gerard Pique reveals Neymar's future: He stays

Gerard Pique has spoken. The defender, who fancies himself as a future FC Barcelona president, published an Instagram post which seems to have revealed Neymar's future.

"He stays," wrote Pique, along with a picture of himself and Barcelona's Brazilian forward, who has been strongly linked with a move to PSG. It adds to what was already a messy issue, with Neymar yet to come out himself and state his intentions.
The winger was said to be close to agreeing a deal with PSG and leaving the club he signed for in 2013.

Leo Messi does a Boateng on Javier Mascherano

Lionel Messi doesn't let even his own team-mates off the hook. In the warm up before facing Juventus, the best player in the world pulled off a brilliant move which left Javier Mascherano seated on the floor.

Messi's body movement sent his compatriot backwards and unbalanced him, although Jasper Cillessen denied Messi twice when it came to the shot.
It was reminiscent of the play Messi pulled off against Bayern Munich's Jerome Boateng in the Champions League 2015 semi-finals.

Messi and Suarez's chat to convince Neymar to stay

FC Barcelona’s tour of the USA is being monopolised by the Neymar case, meaning the sporting side and even the social and commercial elements of the tour are falling into second place.
A situation which is worrying for the club. The club haven’t just been able to ignore the speculation and watch Neymar sail off into PSG’s arms.

After many meeting between Bartomeu, the directors on the trop, CEO Oscar Grau, Robert Fernandez and Albert Soler, the club have mobilised to try and revert a situation that seemed irredeemable 24 hours earlier - Neymar leaving.

The Brazilian has ignored the club’s requests for him to make a public comment, to calm Barcelona fans. The prolonged silence and the movements of his father can be understood as a declaration of intent.

SPORT have learned that the people who have worked to convince Neymar to stay in the last few hours were Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.

There was a long chat. On Saturday night at the Sheraton in New Jersey, where Barcelona were staying. His two strike partners met him for discuss the situation, two players whom he has strong friendships with and affinity for.

Worried about the situation they tried to make Neymar see that he could be at no better place than at Barcelona. They told him that now he can’t leave because there is a lot more to win together in this sporting project.

It was a tough conversation which lasted more than an hour, and Neymar listened attentively to his team-mates, whom he admires and has a good relationship which stretches beyond the field of play.
They listened to the Brazilian’s arguments, but they made him see the success of the team that lies ahead of they work together, fighting for new challenges.

This initiative from Barcelona’s stars has at least worked to muddy the situation for him. “I’ll stay,” he told Messi and Suarez.

Now we have to wait and see if Neymar comes out publicly and confirms the good news he gave to the South American duo.

Neymar heading back to Barcelona with a fancy new hairstyle

Brazil star Neymar is heading back to Barcelona ahead of the start of pre-season. After enjoying some deserved time off with friends and family, he returns to the Catalan city to get back to work under new coach Ernesto Valverde.

Neymar's spent the summer in Japan, the United States and his native Brazil, enjoying himself with friends and family. He also found time to take part in the tournament he organises each year, Neymar Jr's Five, where he spoke about Barça's interest in Guangzhou Evergrande's Paulinho.

He also found time to change his look -- again. His latest hairstyle, shaved on the sides, has garnered a lot of attention on social media after he first posted a photograph late on Monday. 

Neymar is looking forward to getting back to Spain and Barça's new project under Valverde, where he will be reunited with Leo Messi and Luis Suarez, his friends in the trident.