Neymar has dealt Chelsea a transfer blow by confirming his wish to remain at Paris Saint-Germain for the remainder of his contract.
The Brazilian is tied to the Ligue 1 champions until 2027 but reports in France suggest sporting advisor Luis Campos has been tasked with finding him a new club this summer.
According to L’Equipe, Neymar has no intention of leaving PSG before his contract expires, even if Lionel Messi decides to leave the capital club this summer.
The news will come as a blow to Chelsea owner Todd Boehly who is known to be an admirer of the 31-year-old.
Should Neymar see out his PSG contract, he would have completed a decade at the club after his world-record £200million switch from Barcelona in 2017.
His entourage revealed the Brazilian has always had the intention of see out his contract in Paris which will take him to the age of 35.
However, PSG’s summer plans for Neymar do not align with the Brazilian’s, with Campos reportedly plotting an exit route.
Rumours surfaced last summer that Kylian Mbappe had asked the club to oust Neymar as a condition of the Frenchman’s new bumper deal.
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Campos was unable to find a club that would take on his whopping £600,000-a-week wages meaning Neymar stayed put in the French capital.
In an attempt to show his worth, Neymar produced an outstanding start to the season but an ankle injury suffered at the World Cup has hampered his form since returning to PSG.
The Ligue 1 leaders have been in poor form since the turn of the year having lost three of their last four games in all competitions.
One of those defeats came at Monaco on February 11 where PSG found themselves 3-1 down at half-time and without the services of both Mbappe and Lionel Messi.
With extra pressure on his shoulders, Neymar was unable to galvanise his side and Campos raced from the stands to the dressing room to let Neymar and captain Marquinhos know all about it.
Neymar fired back at Campos criticising him for his ‘s**t’ summer transfer window recruits and a failure to add reinforcements in January including the failed move for Chelsea’s Hakim Ziyech.
The Brazilian is currently out injured after suffering a partial ankle ligament tear in Sunday’s 4-3 win against Lille and looks set to miss the Champions League last-16 second leg clash at Bayern Munich on March 8.
But the Brazilian revealed he has no intention of giving up on his teammates and vowed to do all he can to feature against the German champions and show his critics that his early season form wasn’t purely motivated by the World Cup.