Neymar fights with Barcelona teammate before storming off

By MATTHEW SMITH and PETE JENSON | Daily Mail |

Neymar has stormed out of Barcelona training as his exit from the Spanish giants appears to move closer. 

In an exclusive video obtained by Sportsmail, the Brazil superstar walks off the pitch after a fight with new Barca signing Nelson Semedo.

Neymar has been linked with a world-record move to Paris Saint-Germain in a deal worth £195million, and his walkout now looks to have made that move even more likely.

In the video, things initially appear to be going well, with the forward tucking away a goal during a small-sided game.

However, Neymar and right back Semedo then tangle in a challenge for the ball, with the striker squaring up to the new arrival from Benfica.

Javier Mascherano quickly intervenes and Semedo runs back to the game, but Neymar is clearly still unhappy, calling and gesturing after the defender, and having to be restrained by Sergio Busquets.

The furious striker then tears off his training bib and throws it to the ground as manager Ernesto Valverde stands helpless close by, stalking off with only a rueful pat on the back from Mascherano.

Neymar then angrily fires a ball off the crossbar of a nearby training goal, and then boots another one away as he exits the field.

Accompanied by a member of the Barcelona staff, he leaves as training resumes without him, with the player going out into the car park and leaving the training area entirely.

The session took place in Miami, with Barca in the USA as part of their prestigious pre-season tour.

Neymar has been in excellent form on the tour, scoring three goals in two games, but lost his cool half an hour into the training session at Barry University.

The walk-out comes before Barcelona play their final friendly of the tour, against arch rivals Real Madrid on Saturday.

And now Neymar has confirmed that he will not be travelling back to Spain with his Barcelona team-mates after Saturday night’s Miami Clasico.

There were reports from China that his commercial commitments in Shanghai on Monday had been cancelled but Globoesporte in Brazil say the trip goes ahead, meaning Saturday night’s Miami Clasico could be the last time he sees his team-mates still as a Barcelona player.

The rest of the squad are due to touch down back in Spain on Sunday afternoon after the friendly, but Neymar will jet straight to Asia for various commercial commitments that will keep him away from the Nou Camp while Barca and PSG thrash out the details of his £195m switch to Ligue 1.

… and it’s not the first time Neymar has been involved in a training ground bust-up 

The images of Neymar being restrained by Sergio Busquets after his training ground scrap with team-mate Semedo will come as a surprise to some. 

However it isn’t the first time that the Brazilian has caused a scene on the training ground. In May he wasinvolved in a training-ground ruckus with assistant manager Juan Carlos Unzue, after the Spaniard told him to ‘focus more on his football’.

The training-ground spat began when then boss Luis Enrique’s assistant was discussing tactics with the forward.

Unzue, to whom Enrique often delegates his tactical instructions, highlighted a few things to Neymar and tensions began to grow between the two.

The row then escalated to the point where other members of staff were forced to intervene. Neymar reportedly left the training facility visibly unhappy after the incident, which may be cause for concern at the Nou Camp.

He was also less than impressed with Luis Suarez when the Uruguayan played a prank on him in November last year.

Neymar was tying his laces up while leaning on a ball, which Suarez then kicked from under his foot, causing him to stumble. Rather than laugh it off, however, the Brazilian gave Suarez the death stare and walked away from him and Lionel Messi, who was watching on.   

Meanwhile, Dani Alves has denied that he has spoken to his former Barcelona team-mate about a move to PSG, claiming that he speaks with his compatriot about everything other than football.

The former Juventus full back took to Twitter to deny claims made by Santi Nolla, a director of Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, who said that Neymar changes his views on a move away from the Nou Camp based on whether he speaks to Lionel Messi or Alves.

The 34-year-old right back responded to Nollas’s quote: ‘Lies. I don’t have to convince anyone on anything. When I speak with him, I speak of everything except football. I am happy if he is happy.’