Neymar’s agent, Wagner Ribeiro, is not expecting a deal to be agreed in the next transfer window that will take the Paris Saint-Germain forward back to Barcelona.
A retracing of the Brazilian’s steps to Camp Nou has been mooted for some time.
Ever since a record-breaking €222 million (£199m/$243m) switch to France was completed in 2017, a South American superstar has been linked with a return to Spain.