In an era where football is increasingly standardized, Neymar remains one of the rare virtuosos who stand out in the landscape. The Brazilian is at the end of his career, at the age of 32, after his exile in Saudi Arabia. But the memories of his performances in Europe remain intact.
While Ney put on his crampons again this week, several well-known players from the French championship admitted to having been traumatized by his performances when he wore the Paris Saint-Germain jersey. Latest example with Ludovic Blas.
Neymar traumatized France: “An alien”
In the columns of So Foot, the Rennais made strong comments. “I watch less, but not out of disinterest. It’s just that before, it was crazy. I watched everything, everywhere, I followed everything. It has nothing to do with the fact that football has become boring. Well, it’s true that there is no more Neymar. When he was at the top level, if he played, I watched. I was there for his first match in Ligue 1 (Guingamp-PSG in August 2017, editor’s note) and really, I don’t want to talk about it again. Him too, it was too much… He was an alien.”
A chorus identical to that of Yacine Adli, who trained with Neymar. “ When Neymar arrives in Paris, he is an alien. Everything he does is extraordinary. Passing, dribbling… he can do it all. Possession, reduced play, he doesn’t lose the ball. He scores seven-eight goals on reduced games. He takes the ball, and bam-bam, bam-bam! It was a machine. I’ve never seen a player like that. Sometimes there are debates between Neymar and Ronaldinho. Neymar is far superior to Ronaldinho. I say this in all sincerity. Neymar is too much, too much, too strong. For me he is just a little below (Lionel) Messi and (Cristiano) Ronaldo », Launched the Fiorentina attacking midfielder in an interview with Zack Nani.
