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Here's what the 25-year-old Neymar, who will now wear No. 10, had to say via a press release from the club: 'I am extremely happy to join the Paris Saint-Germain,' Neymar Jr replied after signing. While his team Paris Saint-Germain were busy devastating Monaco 7-1 to win a seventh Ligue 1 title, superstar Neymar was playing poker. That Neymar posted photos on Instagram of himself playing online poker during the game drew Dugarry's ire, but Neymar said he has remained focused on his fitness while participating in other activities. 'I do a little bit of everything, but everything with ice,' Neymar said. 'I don't have ice on my foot right now because it's not possible. NEYMAR played a massive hand in Paris Saint-Germain’s Ligue 1 triumph – but he was playing poker during their title party. The Brazilian is back in his homeland as he continues his reco.
The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) have rubbished a report in El Pais that claimed superstar Neymar could leave Paris Saint-Germain through an exit clause in his contract worth €300 million.
Spanish newspaper El Pais had claimed that a failure to win the Champions League, the Ballon d'Or or The Best FIFA's Men's Player would have activated a €300 million release clause in Neymar's contract on Sept. 1 of this year.
But the LFP issued a statement via French outlet L'Equipe in response to the article, citing a rule that says minimum fee release clauses and exit clauses are not permitted in professional French football contracts.
'The LFP issues a clear reminder about article 202 of its rule book,' the LFP statement read. 'Clubs are not allowed to sign contracts that contain release clauses that enable the agreement between both parties (player and club) to be unilaterally terminated.
'Therefore, with this text in place, Neymar's contract is unable to contain such a clause. There is no such clause in the player's contract, which was approved by the LFP's legal committee.'
It is not impossible that a gentleman's agreement exists between Neymar and PSG, through his agent and father Neymar Senior and club owners Oryx Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), but neither party have revealed the existence of such an agreement or any sort of timeframe.
The 26-year-old remains in his native Brazil continuing his recovery from a surgery to mend a fractured fifth metatarsal in his right foot, but his future has attracted fresh speculation recently.
El Pais' report surfaced after Neymar's Instagram post of him playing virtual poker with the PSG match on in the background caused controversy by making him look disinterested as PSG mauled Monaco 7-1 to win their seventh Ligue 1 title.
The French champions' No. 10 defended the post in an interview earlier this week, saying that poker is how he passes much of the time during treatment on his injury.
Neymar also said he should be operational again by May 17, but the El Pais reported also said the player 'dropped a bomb' on PSG chairman and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaifi and sporting director Antero Henrique during their recent visit to South America to check on the recuperating Brazil international by refusing to return to Paris early when requested.
The Qatari supremo and the Portuguese transfer guru were said to have returned to Europe 'defeated,' with Neymar's recent social media activity supposedly 'mocking' PSG.
The disputed article also quoted an unnamed source as saying that 'the only thing missing is for Neymar to say that he wants out.'
Neymar 'spat' on Paris Saint-Germain by not returning to the club in time to lift the Ligue 1 trophy last week, former France star Christophe Dugarry has said.
Since breaking a bone in his foot in February, Neymar has been recovering in his native Brazil, and PSG said at the beginning of April that they expected him back within two or three weeks.
But as PSG clinched the French title on Sunday with a 7-1 victory over Monaco, Neymar was still at home and posted a photo of himself playing poker while watching the decisive victory.
And Dugarry, who won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 with France, took the world's highest-paid player to task for a lack of leadership.
'How come he was not there for the title-winning match? How can he claim to be a leader?' Dugarry said in his role as a pundit on RMC. 'Take up an individual sport if you want to navel gaze.
'On top of that, he was playing poker! How can the club accept that? He spat on PSG here.
'How can you shake the hands of your teammates when you behave like that? If I was a PSG supporter, I would be mad with anger.'
Dugarry also said that if Neymar still played for Barcelona, he would have returned in time to lift the trophy in La Liga.
Speaking at a sponsor event in Sao Paulo on Tuesday, Neymar said it was hard not to be with his PSG teammates to celebrate the title.
'It is very bad to see my team score, win a title and I am not able to be there,' he said. 'But my health is above this.'
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Neymar also said he spends 12 hours a day in physiotherapy and only plays poker while recuperating.
He said he expects to be 'available' on May 17, which could allow him to feature in the Coupe de France final against third-tier Les Herbiers, should PSG beat Caen in their semifinal on Wednesday.
The forward also said that while it has been hard to miss a crucial part of the season, the bright side is that he will be well rested when the World Cup begins on June 14.
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'I will have enough time to arrive well at the World Cup and be prepared,' Neymar said after arriving using crutches. 'It's terrible to be injured, but I am more tired. We have to look at things from the good side.'
He added: 'I'm trying to come back better that I was. There are certain doubts, at times I still feel it [the injury], it was my first surgery. I will come back very well, giving my best.
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'From the moment I start training, I will give, I will dedicate myself even more because it's a dream that's coming, it's the World Cup. I've waited four years for this opportunity, and now it's close.'