PARIS: Neymar will be denied an immediate return to Barcelona when the Champions League draw is made in Monaco on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

Both his Paris Saint-Germain team and the Catalan giants he left earlier this month for a world record 222 million euros ($264m) have been placed in pot two — amongst the second seeds.

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