The international break will allow Neymar to return to Brazil, and it is not certain that this is good news for Paris Saint-Germain.
Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde. For a long time, Neymar made football fans forget his behavior off the pitch, fielding dazzling performances on the football pitches. But the years go by, and the Brazilian striker from Paris Saint-Germain is now 29 years old. In other words, it is now less successful in its regular outings in the capital. Before his cataclysmic match Sunday in Rennes, to the point where Mauricio Pochettino made him leave, Neymar had offered himself two very late exits. Including one where he met Ezequiel Lavezzi, who still likes to raise his elbow. What to put the spotlight on the extra-sporting life of Neymar, and the enormous impact that this has on the performances of a player recruited for 222 million euros at Barça in 2017. For Florian Gautreau, journalist of RMC, the Neymar’s situation is almost impossible to resolve.
PSG: when Neymar, Mbappé and Verratti party with Lewis Hamilton
➡️ https://t.co/0RKnN6qFlH pic.twitter.com/8lBiktRw3X– The Parisian | PSG (@le_Parisien_PSG) October 4, 2021
Analyzing Neymar’s behavior, the journalist is precise, but also dismayed. ” I look at his attitude, and he loves the ball, he claims it, but indeed Neymar still manages to dribble, but he can no longer pass. And despite that he still wants to do it. At the same time, he begins to feel that he cannot anymore and so he turns around and gives the ball back. But as he always dribbles, he also ends up losing balls, and the waste in his game is terrible. There is a waste that there was not at all before, whereas before Neymar was an efficient player with his assists, his goals, but he can no longer get closer to the goal. The Neymar that we see today with PSG, he should be in the process of re-athleticism and and not hold as often. I think there are things that can still be “caught up” on the physical level, not everything is related to his age. With weight training, he can hide things, but if you put Neymar back in shape he can regain qualities. But I don’t think that will happen because he won’t change, he doesn’t want to. I don’t know how he was younger, but the Neymar of the 2014 World Cup or Barça 2015, he’s not the same man anymore. In his head did he not abdicate in his dream of Ballon d’Or? That’s a shame », Remarks Florent Gautreau,
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– Inside Parisien • PSG (@InsideParisien) September 29, 2021
Neymar is puffy, PSG must get angry
For Daniel Riolo, it is clear that Neymar is totally missing the point. ” He should sleep a little more, and go out less (…) Look at his face “, Notes the journalist, everyone pointing out that if Neymar had lost weight since his return this summer, his slightly puffy face bore the stigmata of his life outside the Parc des Princes. It remains to be seen whether Paris Saint-Germain will put pressure on the Seleçao player, because by extending him until 2025 with a colossal salary (36.8 million euros per season), Nasser Al-Khelaifi does not can not be satisfied with this performance. Since the start of 2021, Neymar has only scored three goals with PSG, a staggering finding but which testifies to the ongoing sinking. It’s up to Neymar to finally understand that wasting such a talent is unbearable.
