Copa America Centenario without Neymar Jr.

After a strong will of playing at both tournaments, the decision was finally made by the club. However, this news will not be accepted positively by the Brazilian fans from the most oldest competition in the world: that its best player will skip this summer's Copa America Centenario. Instead Neymar Jr. will join the Olympic team who, with his teammates, will try to win the first ever gold medal for Brazil. If playing at both, Barcelona fears that it would interfere with his performance for the next season as the two competitions are quite close, with only a month away. 'Barcelona expresses its gratitude to the Brazilian Football Confederation for accepting the club's proposal for Neymar Jr. to only play at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer, and not at the Copa America in the United States' said in the club's statement.
Copa America will start from 3 - 26 June while the Olympics will commence from 3 - 21 August.