Brazil star, Neymar has rejected moves by Real Madrid to replace him with Cristiano Ronaldo who left for Juventus this month.

Neymar has been severally linked to Real Madrid even as he is one year into his  world-record transfer to Paris St Germain. Those rumours have only increased since Ronaldo’s sensational move to Serie A, with both he and PSG team-mate Kylian Mbappe as possible heirs to the record-breaking striker.

But Neymar affirmed at the weekend that he was “100 per cent staying” at Parc des Princes, and hopes his old foe can succeed in Italy.

“I wish him good luck and all the best in this new phase [in his career],” he said to reporters from Sao Paulo’s Praia Grande, where he has organised and is participating in a neighbourhood football tournament to help at-risk youths.

The forward has suffered widespread criticism for his conduct during the World Cup, facing accusations that he goes to ground too easily.

But he insisted that the jibes had no effect on him.  “I am used to it. I know what they say about me, and I know what I have to about it.’