When he arrived at Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2017, for 222 million euros (an amount never equaled since), Neymar was at his prime. The Auriverde international was supposed to take over from Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
It won’t happen. Yet,
Gianluigi Buffon believes that the Brazilian is none other than the best player he has faced during his long career. “Difficult to choose, I played against three generations: Zidane, Ronaldo, Messi, Cristiano, Iniesta… Choose one? Neymar. For the player and the boy he is, he should have won five Ballons d’Or”confided the former goalkeeper during an interview given to the Corriere della Sera.
Neymar and Buffon, adversaries then teammates
Neymar and Buffon had the opportunity to be opposed on five occasions, notably when the first wore the colors of FC Barcelona while the second was the last bastion of Juventus Turin. Later, the two men would become teammates at
Paris Saint-Germain.
Today at Al-Hilal, the “Ney” ends his career in chaotic fashion. More than a year after his serious injury to the cruciate ligament and meniscus of his left knee which occurred during a match between Brazil and Uruguay, he returned to competition on October 21. A few days later, he relapsed… If the former Barça player was sometimes unlucky, his somewhat reprehensible lifestyle was not always unrelated to the numerous physical problems that punctuated his career. Which is probably finished at the highest level.
