Neymar: PSG star denies flouting social distancing rules to contain coronavirus

The forward’s Instagram page has shown him socialising with friends back home in Brazil

Neymar has denied flouting social distancing rules (neymarjr)

Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar has dismissed suggestions he has ignored social distancing rules after returning to Brazil following updates on his Instagram page.

The PSG forward posted pictures on his Instagram page showing him sun bathing and playing foot-volley among friends.

The 28-year-old insisted the people in the photo with him had travelled with him from the French capital and that they were now in self-isolation together.

“The photograph... shows Neymar alongside people who are in quarantine with him, people who travelled with him from Paris to Brazil,” Neymar’s spokesman said in a statement in Globo.

“Neymar invited those people to spend the 14 days in quarantine there before joining their respective families.”

The statement added that the Brazil international had been visited by his son Davi Lucca though he had avoided seeing other relatives, including his mother, grandmother and sister.

“The house where the player is fulfilling quarantine is completely isolated, and allows peace and serenity for him to continue training,” the statement continued.

“Neymar continues to do his daily workout, to prevent injury and maintain his fitness, with his coach Ricardo Rosa. [He is] looking forward to the end of this sad moment for humanity and the return to work that will follow.”