Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar has spoken clearly on his future plans amid reports linking him with a possible return to FC Barcelona in an interview with popular Brazilian YouTuber Casimiro.

Furthermore, the world's most expensive player also revealed that he knew Lionel Messi's next club before the Argentine revealed the news to the Catalan media and touched on the failure he experienced in a trio he formed with Messi and Kylian Mbappe at the Parc des Princes.

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Neymar returned to PSG training this week after his 2022/2023 season was ended prematurely.

Before the end of the campaign, it was already known that his close friend Messi would leave following a two-year tenure in the French capital as he neared free agency on June 30.

On the evening that Messi revealed he would join Inter Miami to SPORT and Mundo Deportivo, the first-mentioned newspaper already ran a report explaining that Neymar had offered himself to Barca and was willing to reduce his salary to make the move happen.

Head coach Xavi Hernandez poured cold water on this with remarks to Gerard Romero explaining that his former teammate wasn't in his plans, but reports continued to emerge from Qatar explaining that PSG and Barca were negotiating a possible loan deal.

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With L'Equipe previously reporting that Ligue 1 champions were ready to put the 31-year-old on the market, Neymar's future continues to be up in the air.

In the interview on Casimiro's program entitled Que Papinho, however, Neymar attempted to put the rumors to bed by stating his intentions clearly.

Neymar confirmed to Casimiro that he hopes to play with his current employers next term. "I have a contract with PSG, no one has informed me of anything," he said.

Asked if he was unsettled by constant reports linking him with moves away, Neymar answered: "I'm calm. Even though there isn't a lot of love the player and the fan, I will be there. With love or without love, but with Neymar," he added.

As for Messi's own transfer saga, Neymar explained that he knew of the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner's next stop before most.

"It was in the last few weeks, he was in doubt, then at the end he told me where he was going," Neymar said.

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"Messi has won everything already, his family has been greatly affected in these two years at PSG.

"I understand him, his family. He went to a country where he will be well received, to live a completely different life and his family will feel very good in Miami. It's been a tough few years for us together, but I wish him all the best. [He's] a fantastic guy who is a lot more off the field than on the field."

While Neymar left Barca for PSG in 2017, Messi joined him there in 2021 on a free transfer.

Before they had even kicked a collective ball together, the trio being formed by the pair and Kylian Mbappe was already being called the greatest of all time in a development that was puzzling for those that had seen the South Americans play together with Luis Suarez in the 'MSN' trident.

Though they sealed domestic honors, Messi, Neymar and Mbappe fell short on the continent in a failure that Neymar put down to "football stuff".

"The Galacticos [at Real Madrid in the early 2000s] didn't win the Champions League, so it's part of the game.

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"We had a very strong team. Me, Messi and Mbappe are three guys who are the best in the world, we know that, but unfortunately it didn't fit, it wasn't good for us.

"Obviously we wanted to win everything, we were together in the dressing room, but football sometimes is not right, [or] fair. It's not the same as a cake recipe," Neymar concluded on this.

Without a buyer as things stand then, Neymar looks set to start the a fresh Ligue 1 campaign for PSG against Lorient on August 13 and will be joined by Mbappe if he hasn't jumped ship to Real Madrid.