Lionel Messi has said Barcelona would love to re-sign Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain, but he doubts the move is feasible.
Neymar joined PSG in the summer of 2017 for a world-record €222 million, and it's difficult to imagine him leaving the Ligue 1 side for much less.
Messi told Marca that while he and his Barca team-mates might want the forward back at the Camp Nou, he suggested the transfer is simply too difficult to pull off:
"I think it is complicated how Neymar would leave PSG. We would love to have him back, as a player and for the dressing room. We're friends, we had some good experiences together and others not so much. But PSG are not going to let Neymar walk away."
It's a realistic assumption to make. Aside from the cost it would take to re-sign Neymar, it could cause a division between supporters, many of whom are likely to hold a grudge for the manner in which he left Catalonia.
Neymar, 26, scored 105 goals in 186 appearances for Barcelona between 2013 and 2017 before completing a world-record move to PSG in the summer of 2017.
The Brazilian has netted 44 times in 49 appearances for PSG since his arrival, but suggestions that the attacker is unsettled in France have gathered pace in recent months.