PARIS (Reuters) - World record signing Neymar will be treated to a grand welcome ceremony at Paris St Germain's stadium on Saturday but will sit out the French club's Ligue 1 opener after his transfer was not registered in time. PSG doubled the world record for a transfer fee this week when they agreed to pay 222 million euros ($261.32 million) to lure the 25-year-old Brazilian forward from Barcelona on a five-year contract. Neymar had said at a media presentation on Friday that he hoped to take part in PSG's opening league match against newly-promoted Amiens at the Parc des Princes. Despite training with his new teammates, who include fellow Brazilian Dani Alves, another former Barcelona star, Neymar will not play. ($1 = 0.8495 euros)(Reporting by Gus Trompiz; Additional reporting by Sam Edwards in Madrid; Editing by Nick Mulvenney and Andrew Bolton)

Source: Economic Times August 05, 2017 12:51 UTC