Brazilian star Neymar has signed a contract extension at Paris Saint-Germain that will keep him at the French club until 2025.

The 29-year-old prevent his side from being eliminated by Manchester City in the semi-finals of the Champions League, but he has again been in strong form this term despite some injury problems, scoring 15 times and registering 10 assists in 27 appearances in all competitions.

The latest development has now ended Barcelona transfer speculation following reports linking he with a move back to the Catalan club recent weeks.

Neymar told the club’s website: “It’s a great pleasure to extend the adventure at PSG as I’m very happy in Paris. It is a real pride to be part of this team. Here I grew up as a person, as a human being and as a player. So I’m very happy to extend and I hope to win a lot more trophies here”.

Neymar has scored 85 goals and registered 51 assists in 112 appearances for the French champions since arriving from Barcelona in August 2017.