Luis Campos, the football advisor at Paris Saint-Germain, insisted that the team never intended to offload Neymar during the summer transfer window.
Many football fans were misled into thinking that the Messi-Mbappe-Neymar PSG team would be split up over the summer.
Neymar, in particular, was widely expected to leave the Ligue 1 champions.
But when asked whether the Brazil superstar was ever on the way out, Campos said: “No. I even heard that Kylian had demanded that we take Neymar out. No. We count on all three. Last year, Kylian was the best player in the world. Messi was adapting, Neymar was injured and Kylian held the team together. He is a huge player.
“But Neymar is a very good player, there is no doubt about that. And above all, everything I heard before about him, I must’ve listened wrong because he always arrives on time. I see a Neymar involved in the team project, in the club project.”