If he hadn't been at Boulevard Victor-Hugo No. 63, home of the American Hospital of Paris, getting his badly bruised and twisted ankle examined by the experts in whom Paris Saint-Germain have placed their medical faith, then you'd have sworn that Neymar made the Champions League draw on Monday morning -- at least as far as the PSG-Barcelona round-of-16 tie is concerned.
The Brazil international stood in the flash interview zone of Old Trafford a little less than two weeks ago, getting into the spirit of the Theatre of Dreams nickname of United's home, by announcing, with a giggle of hopeful laughter, "What I want most of all is to play with Messi again, to be able to enjoy him once again on the pitch.