RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 12: Paris Saint-Germain are hoping Neymar will return from Brazil in three or four days after he travelled home for personal reasons, coach Unai Emery said on Monday.
�We gave him permission to make this journey. I hope he will come back in three or four days� time,� Emery said.
The coach said Neymar approached him as the PSG squad was preparing for Saturday�s Ligue 1 match against Rennes.
�He told me he had a family matter and that if the club and I gave him the chance to go to Brazil to take care of this problem, it was important to him.
�The person comes first, the player comes second,� Emery said.
Neymar, the world�s most expensive player following his 222 million euros ($261.5 million) move from Barcelona this year, went to Brazil on Saturday �for personal matters�, a source from his management company NN Consultaria told AFP.
French radio station RMC Sport reported that the 25-year-old flew home after receiving �bad news involving his family�.
Neymar tweeted on Monday but gave no reasons for his trip to Brazil.
He is likely to miss Wednesday�s League Cup match against Strasbourg, the team that inflicted PSG�s only league defeat of the season. � AFP
