Neymar signed a new deal with Barcelona last year
which tied him to the club until 2021
Barcelona expect Neymar to return to training on
Wednesday, but are ready to push for a Financial
Fair Play investigation if Paris St-Germain pay the
222m euros (£198m) release clause for the Brazil
forward.
The 25-year-old continues to be linked with a
move to the Ligue 1 club and is due to return from
China on Tuesday.
Reports said the player was due in Qatar this week
for a PSG medical.
Barca chief Josep Maria Bartomeu said last week
that Neymar would be staying.
His comments came after reports that PSG had
triggered the release clause, which would be a
world record fee for a player.
Should that sum be offered, the 24-time Spanish
champions will ask Uefa to consider whether the
French club would be in breach of FFP regulations.
The rules, first implemented during the 2011-12
season, stipulate that European clubs cannot
spend more than they earned.
PSG, supported by a Qatar fund, were punished in
2014 for breach of FFP. Their £167m commercial
contract with the Qatar Tourism Authority was
deemed to have an unfair value by Uefa's
independent investigation panel.
They were given a £20m fine, their spending was
capped to £49m and they competed in the
2014-15 Champions League with just 21 players
instead of the usual 25.
FFP regulations - updated in June 2015 - state
that owners can inject cash into a club as long as
they can demonstrate how they will reach break-
even.
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