Neymar ‘will stay at PSG next season even if Real Madrid knock them out of Champions League’

NEYMAR will not leave Paris Saint-Germain even if his new club get knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid.

The former Barcelona forward received widespread praise for his performance against the European champions last week, despite the fact that Real won 3-1 on the night.

PSG need a 2-0 win or better in the second leg at Parc des Princes on March 6 to progress to the quarter finals, after two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and a late third from Marcelo.

Adrien Rabiot had given PSG the lead at the Bernabeu, giving the Ligue 1 leaders hope they would cause a thrilling upset.

But Real's late treble put paid to those hopes and Unai Emery's side must now re-group for the second leg in Paris.

And despite rumblings throughout the season that Neymar is unhappy in Paris and has failed to settle, the 26-year-old is reportedly ready to stay.

According to Telefoot, he is set to remain until next season whether or not PSG get knocked out of the Champions League.

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had a colourful game last Wednesday as Real emerged victorious, he even kicked to the ball into the referee's face so hard at one point that he stopped play, while Michael Owen criticised him for diving.

But was back to his tricky best as PSG swept aside Strasbourg on Saturday in a comfortable 5-2 win as they maintained their 18-point lead over second-place Monaco.