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Barcelona forward Neymar has been involved in a traffic accident ahead of his side's La Liga game with Real Sociedad.

The 24-year-old was traveling towards Ciutat Esportiva to meet up with his teammates, but crashed his Ferrari 458 Spider en route.

Neymar had a minor accident this morning while driving to training center

Thankfully he's safe and will play tonightpic.twitter.com/BDAMus4wUD — Leo Messi (@messi10stats) November 27, 2016

Spanish channel TV3 confirmed that Neymar did not suffer any serious injuries in the incident, and should be fit to feature against Sociedad on Sunday evening.

The crash occurred when Neymar went to exit the highway, leaving the side of his car dented, but Neymar was unscathed and continued onwards to meet the rest of the squad and travel to San Sebastian.

Obrigado Deus por me dar saúde e com o fruto do meu trabalho poder realizar mais um sonho de criança !! 🚗🐎 A photo posted by Nj 🇧🇷 👻 neymarjr (@neymarjr) on Oct 1, 2015 at 5:10am PDT

Neymar bought the £200,000 Ferrari in October 2015, showing off his new acquisition on Instagram, writing "Thank you God for giving me health, and with the fruit of my labour I fulfill another childhood dream."

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The Brazil international has been in excellent form this season, scoring four goals in 10 league games for Luis Enrique's side, as well as equalling the Champions League assists record of seven.

Barcelona can close the gap on league leaders Real Madrid to four points with victory on Sunday evening.