After his emergence at Santos, Neymar went wild with FC Barcelona. At the top of his game with the Blaugrana alongside Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez in particular, the Brazilian international chose to leave Spain to take the spotlight at Paris Saint-Germain. A choice ultimately not rewarded and since then, a slow decline has begun. However, some have kept a clear idea of the talent and abilities displayed by “Ney”. To the point of citing him as the best of them.
This is the choice that Gianluigi Buffon made. Icon of Italian football during the first two decades of the 2000s, the former goalkeeper had the opportunity to play against and with Neymar. And for him, there is obviously no photo: the Brazilian is even better than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. It was opened up in the columns of Corriere della Sera.
As many Ballons d’Or as CR7
“I played with three different generations: Zidane, Ronado, Messi, Cristiano, Iniesta. The strongest? Neymar. » A choice as unexpected as it is clear. And for Gianluigi Buffon, if Neymar had not been disrupted and stopped on multiple occasions by serious injuries, he would have been at the level of the others, particularly in terms of Ballon d’Or. “Given his talent, he should have won the Ballon d’Or five times. » Not as many as Messi, but the same number as “CR7”.
In the meantime, Neymar continues to struggle. Transferred from PSG to Al-Hilal a year ago, he was seriously injured again and had to wait a year before playing again. A few days after his return, he relapsed with a torn hamstring in his right leg. At the end of his contract next June with the Saudi club, he could come full circle and return to Santos.
