Neymar will remain at Paris Saint-Germain, says Unai Emery

Paris Saint-Germain boss Unai Emery insists world-record signing Neymar will stay at the Parc des Princes.

Speculation surfaced during the international break that the Brazilian is unhappy at the club he joined only in August.

Spanish media widely reported that Neymar told former Barcelona team-mates Luis Suarez and Gerard Pique he regretted leaving the Nou Camp.

And Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos told radio station Cadena Ser that Neymar would be welcome at the Bernabeu if he wanted to leave Paris.

But, speaking at PSG's weekly press conference, Emery rejected any suggestion of interest from Real Madrid.

"When we took him (from Barcelona) it was with one precise goal," he said. "The club and the president want him to stay and he's going to stay here."

Neymar cost PSG a record £200m when he arrived from Barcelona last summer.

He has gone on to score seven goals and register five assists in eight Ligue 1 appearances, helping his team build a four-point lead over Monaco at the top of the division after 12 games.

In an interview with L'Equipe, PSG boss Emery added: "The most important thing is the pitch and his performances there.

"All footballers are men before being footballers. I speak to Neymar, and it's that which is more important than rumours.

"Adapting is different for each player and more or less quick. We're doing everything to help him to adapt as well as possible."

The report points the finger at Neymar's father, who also acts as his agent, for having major influence over the 25-year-old's decision to finally move.

"It is the same for all players when they are adapting to a new city, a new club, new teammates and that sort of thing", Emery said at his prematch news conference ahead of Saturday's Ligue 1 clash with Nantes. "All of these rumours are not important".

"The team has been reorganised since the debacle against Germany and we also have a new coach in Tite, hence I am confident the situation has vastly improved", he told a news conference in Serbia's capital.

His answer is perhaps a little ambitious considering the huge following of La Liga and the Premier League, but the fact that both Kylian Mbappe and Neymar signed for the Ligue 1 side shows great promise.

Neymar cost PSG a record £200m when he arrived from Barcelona last summer.

But the opposite has happened.

Interestingly, a report by Marca emerged on Wednesday explaining how Neymar pleaded with Barcelona chief president Josep Maria Bartomeu to stop the move after changing his mind. The five-time World Cup winners are among the favourites for Russia 2018 and Ronaldinho credits the upturn in form with the atmosphere fostered by their new coach.

"When we took him (from Barcelona) it was with one precise goal", he said.

The footage comes via the English FA's Youtube channel, and showcases ongoings behind the scenes and in the tunnel before, during and after England's friendly clash with Brazil at Wembley on Tuesday night. "The club is focusing on the present and the future, I am only looking at the present". Ibrahimovic hit 50 in his final season. He felt persuaded a statement was necessary after Neymar himself had complained about the way the media were making him out to be an awkward, spoilt colleague. They not terminally damaging as long as the club continue to be as successful in the Uefa Champions League, where PSG have four wins out of four so far, including a 3-0 dismantling of German champions Bayern Munich. Too bad. Maybe that's why I will not watch PSG.