Neymar no more as Konami scrubs PSG star from PES 2018's Barcelona-themed menus

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Konami has scrubbed Neymar from the menus and splash screen of PES 2018 on the quiet.
Today's patch mentions "a variety of minor adjustments have been made to each mode to improve the overall gaming experience". It turns out one of these minor adjustments was replacing the Brazilian wonderkid in the menus.
When Neymar ditched Barcelona for PSG in an eye-watering £200m summer transfer, he left Konami in a bit of a pickle. The Japanese company had signed Barcelona up to promote PES, and as part of that promotion, Neymar was placed front and centre in the game - wearing a Barcelona kit.
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