Thinking, but about what?

Brazilian superstar Neymar added more fuel to the fire surrounding his future with a cryptic post on Instagram yesterday. The Barcelona superstar -- who has been linked with a big-money move to Paris Saint Germain over the past few days -- posted a photo of himself in deep thought accompanied by a similar emoji.

The message behind it is unclear as there were no captions to help with deciphering it, but there could only be two possibilities. One is that the 25-year-old is wondering where the rumours have come from and the second is that he is in fact contemplating his future. The latter being more likely as PSG midfielder Marco Veratti 'liked' the post.

Whether or not it is directly linked to the ongoing transfer saga is also unclear, but if it is then it is the first time the attacker has brought up the issue. Barcelona reportedly wanted Neymar to publicly address the rumours, but his silence has remained an unsettling issue for the club and its fans.

However you slice it, the fact remains that there are real tensions brewing in the Nou Camp regarding the future of a player they considered the successor to Lionel Messi.

Three days ago Barcelona vice-president Jordi Mestre declared that Neymar would '200 per cent' remain at the club. On Friday club president Josep Maria Bartomeu stated that it would be impossible for PSG to pay the 222 million euros as it would see them fall foul of UEFA's Financial Fair Play boundaries, showing just how much the tone within the club has changed.

"These [buyout] clauses are impossible to activate if you want to comply with Financial Fair Play. If someone does not want to comply [with FFP], then yes, they can be activated," the president told reporters.

The statement, which was supposed to reassure fans, has instead done the opposite as it highlighted Barcelona's uncertainty regarding their own player's future.

Even still, it would not be completely unfathomable that PSG would go ahead with the move and risk the ramifications.

Manchester City are among many clubs who have fallen foul of the regulations and they were slapped with 'only' a 60-million-euro fine, transfer restrictions and had to name a smaller Champions League squad after being found guilty of breaching the regulations in 2014.

The maximum punishment under the rules would be a one-year suspension from the UEFA Champions League, something which is extremely unlikely to be levied. It is also something any team might be willing to risk if it meant guaranteeing their future for the next five years with a player of Neymar's calibre.

Also on Friday, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp revealed that the Merseyside club had rejected an 80-million-euro offer from Barcelona for attacking midfielder Phillipe Coutinho. While the Brazilian has been targeted by the Catalan club for a while the timing of the bid has further fuelled speculation of Neymar's departure; speculation that will continue to gain ground until the attacker breaks his silence.