The Catalans are hopeful of landing the Brazilian although they will need to raise transfer funds and free up their wage budget to help the move along

Barcelona are preparing to begin talks with Paris Saint-Germain over the signing of Neymar.

The Ligue 1 champions have been steadfast over their asking price for the Brazilinternational and have been sticking to their €222 million (£200m/$249m) valuation of the player they signed from Barca in 2017.

There may well be movement on that price, however, with the 27-year-old keen to make the return to Camp Nou and the Liga giants getting ready to make an official offer in the coming days.

A fee has been agreed between Leicester City and Manchester United for Harry Maguire admits Rogers

Leicester City manager Brendan Rogers says a fee has been agreed with Manchester United for the sale of Harry Maguire, but the player has yet to negotiate personal terms with the Red Devils.

Rogers was speaking to reporters following his side’s pre-season friendly with Atalanta, and also claims the situation is expected to develop early next week.

“There has been contact between the two clubs, a fee has been agreed,” he said, “and then it’s a case of Harry having an opportunity to speak to them to see if he can find an agreement on personal terms.