By Jonathan Johnson, PSG correspondent
Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil right-back Dani Alves hopes that teammate Neymar will stay at Parc des Princes this summer because his “mission is incomplete.”
The French champions’ world-record €222 million signing from last summer, who was voted Ligue 1 player of the season in his debut campaign, has been regularly linked with Real Madrid since his arrival from Barcelona.
However, Neymar has recently said that he will stay with PSG and is targeting Champions League glory under new coach Thomas Tuchel.
And Alves has told Sky Sport Italia that his compatriot still has work to do with Les Parisiens before he can think about leaving.
“I hope that Neymar will stay,” Alves said. “He still has a lot to give PSG. The fact that the objectives set in his first season in Paris were not achieved should not push him to quit.
“Opportunities to leave should only be considered when objectives have been met. For the moment, Neymar’s PSG mission is incomplete.”
Alves is currently recovering from surgery on a knee injury that is expected to keep him out of action until the end of this year and recently defended his teammate against viral internet jokes about his World Cup behaviour.
Neymar is expected to join his teammates in time for the Trophee des Champions against Monaco in Shenzhen, China, in early August, along with fellow Brazil internationals Thiago Silva and Marquinhos, as well as Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani.
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