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Swapping Barcelona for Paris, the worst decision of Neymar Jr's career

Published:7/03/2023 - 20:40h

Updated:7/03/2023 - 20:40h

A final loss in Europe could be considered as the greatest achievement that Neymar has been able to achieve in a PSG that convinced him to leave Barca in 2017, a decision that seems not to have been the right one.

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After fulfilling a big season in the 2016-2017, especially in Champions League, and after achieving a triplete in shortly before, Neymar decided that his future was not in the FC Barcelona. In that last campaign like player culé, the Brazilian footballer, but especially his surroundings, seemed to understand that in spite of his big performances on the field, could not be above Leo Messi inside the sportive project culé, and looked for an exit.

With the summer of the 2017 already rondando, arrived Paris Saint-Germain and his infinite banking account to pay the clause of exit of the footballer: 222 million euros. By that period seemed an impossible figure to pay by a player and thus the Barça kept this quantity on a Neymar that was already in a level of the 5 better of the world, especially by his regularity and proof.

A change rádical for the Brazilian

Precisely these two things have been those that did not accompany to the Brazilian in his adventure by the French capital. That decision of the ex Saint, supported by his family and surroundings, has finished sentencing to the forward to more than five years of authentic ordeal with the injuries, as well as big failures in Europe, and some another also inside Tie it 1, and with his own selection.

Although his numbers in several seasons have been of elite, also is true that grieve has been able to surpass 50% of parties contested while it has been player of the PSG, in addition to only can be valuable for the Frenchmen in Europe in one of the up to now six seasons that has played in France. Especially by this, Qatar wants to was to the player this summer, although it is not something that antoje too possible.

It has not paid the confidence and investment of the club

Neymar Is earning 40 million net euros by season and few, by not saying any another team could add to an offer like that. Besides, a clause in the agreement of the player of 31 years renewed him of automatic way until 2027, and now will not be able to complete this course when having to subject to an operation of ankle that will keep it of drop by at least three months.

The figures condemn that decision of Ney to abandon a Barça that was in the highest, to bet by a new project, in which clear is, yes would be the main star. The problem is that until this plan finished him going out half, since in that same period the PSG completed the signing of Kylian Mbappé and the performance of the '7' has finished opacando many times to the now mate again of Leo Messi, the one who advised him that it will not leave the Barça, revealed Luis Suárez does few days.

20 injuries has suffered the footballer during these five seasons and half, adding more than 500 days in the infirmary. A career that posed like which would replace to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the highest has finished going to the shadow, and now, thinking in what has by in front, only a risky project like the one of Chelsea could offer him a new opportunity of redemption, since in Paris seems to have the days explained.

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