The trial between Barcelona and Neymar has been postponed until March Barcelona Brazilian left for PSG in 2017

The trial between Barcelona and Neymar in relation to a bonus payment was due to commence on 31 January, but it will now begin on 21 March.

Both parties maintain the dispute which began when the player signed a contract renewal on 1 July 2016 that would keep him at the club until 30 June 2021; by signing a new deal, Neymar was due a payment from the club.

"The trial that the social court 15 of Barcelona should hold on 31 January between Neymar da Silva Santos Junior and FC Barcelona has been suspended and the new date will be 21 March," Catalonia's High Court of Justice ruled in a statement on Monday.

The figure agreed between Neymar and Barcelona upon him signing the renewal was set at 40 million euros, payable in two instalments.

The first payment, of 14m euros, came after the contract was signed but the second payment, of 26m euros, never arrived after the Brazilian left for Paris Saint-Germain one year later, in the summer of 2017, as the French side paid his 222m release clause.

Neymar believes that Barcelona owe him the 26m euros, on top of 10 percent interest, while the Blaugrana claim that the forward should compensate the club with 75m euros for breaching his contract.