Last winter Neymar and Malcolm were supposed to be teammates. PSG did not fulfill their plans, but the Saudi Al-Hilal six months later did everything clearly and lured both Brazilians.
Malcolm is already burning the fields of Saudi Arabia – he scored 3 + 1 in four matches. Neymar only plans to do this: he passed a medical examination and agreed on an annual salary of 150 million euros – six (!!!) times more than in Paris, where they also do not save.
With the first, everything was clear for a long time – after moving to Russia. And before that, no one had seen him as the new Garrincha. The second is a completely different matter.
Neymar admired incredible technique already at Santos. His feints collected millions of views on YouTube before it became mainstream. In the comments enthusiastically wrote: here he is, the new Ronaldinho.
How many such young geniuses there were – do not count. Remember, for example, Hashim Mastur? They all grew up and became mediocre players, but not Neymar.
Ney moved to Barcelona and made a killer trio with Messi and Suarez. That Barça did not become the hegemon of the Champions League like Real Madrid in the second half of the tenth, nevertheless, many still consider it the best in history. And not in vain, because the football of the Catalans fascinated.
Neymar is the youngest of that bunch. It seemed that the blue garnets would take many more titles with the MCH trident, and then Messi would transfer the title of the best player in the world to Ney and retire. Alas, the Brazilian thought otherwise.
He was tired of being in the shadow of the Argentine genius, and this is quite understandable: play beautifully and efficiently as much as you like – the Golden Balls will still go to Leo. That’s just the choice of Neymar cut off all hopes and plans.
PSG, no matter how rich and cool it is, plays in the not very strong French championship, achieving greatness in which is the same as getting from Spartak to Bayern (hello Yegor Titov).
And even there, Neymar didn’t try very hard – he often got into scandals and preferred parties or poker in preparation for games. It’s just unthinkable.
Instead of Paris, he could choose Manchester, London or Liverpool to really surpass Messi or be on the same level with him. Ask Salah and De Bruyne, who were written off after Chelsea and who deserve the status of legends.
But why all this when you can play relaxed with Lorient and Toulouse?
Neymar’s position would have been saved only by new victories in the Champions League, and he never got to them with PSG. Compare with the same De Bruyne – he won the Champions League only in 2023, but before that he had accumulated five Premier League titles and had already made himself a cult football player. On the championship in France, especially the most privileged team, no one cares.
Now Neymar is 31 years old, however, he could still restart his career and return to the top championship – instead, Ney completed it ahead of schedule and moved to Saudi Arabia. Yes, he will earn huge money, but the status of a great player has completely disappeared from him.
The Brazilian will remain the guy who once hit with unthinkable tricks and played next to Messi – no more. Although he could have achieved much more, and this is extremely disappointing.
2023-08-14 19:24:00
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