The Curse of the Ney
Since his arrival in 2017, Neymar Jr has chained injuries of all kinds. In total, he was unavailable for 625 days and missed almost 40% of matches with Paris Saint-Germain. And that’s without counting on the estimated 3-4 months of absence after his new injury this season. In six years in the City of Light, this is the 4th time that he has not exceeded the 30-game mark. Simply staggering numbers. The turning point in Ney’s Parisian adventure took place on February 25, 2018, when PSG faced OM in the Coupe de France. The latter injured his right ankle and went out on a stretcher. The first examinations are far from reassuring and the verdict is in: end of the season for number 10 who is the victim of a sprain and a crack in the fifth metatarsal. The seesaw. His ankle is damaged, injuries for the Brazilian are becoming more and more recurrent. And PSG, which nevertheless recruited this player to win the Champions League, must finally do most of the time without its magician, from February. The month of the curse.
A controversial history with supporters
Only two years after his arrival at PSG, the native of Mogi das Cruzes is already thinking of a return to FC Barcelona. He seems to bitterly regret his choice to have left Barça and especially his great friend Leo Messi. On July 13, 2019, the player gave an interview to OhMyGoal which will cause a lot of controversy. He confides that the best memory of his career is none other than the comeback against PSG, his current club. A declaration that will set fire to the powder and which will definitively record the break with the Parisian supporters. The summer is very long for the Parisian club and Neymar is pushing hard to return to Catalonia. Some rumors even announced that the player was ready to pay part of his transfer himself to complete the operation. For the Parisian supporters, enough is enough. This affront is unforgivable in their eyes and when they received Nimes for the first match of the 2019-2020 season, the Parc des Princes rumbled. The Virage Auteuil is loose on the Brazilian with in particular a banner “Neymar break up” and insulting songs. War is declared between the two camps. The Neymar soap opera finally ends and the Brazilian is forced to stay at PSG, for lack of agreement with FC Barcelona.
What future for Ney?
In 2017, PSG achieved a historic transfer window by offering Neymar and Mbappé. The Brazilian is at this time the 3rd best player in the world behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The Frenchman is the most promising player on the planet football. Well, a few years later, the trajectories of the two men are diametrically opposed. The new figurehead of the Parisian project today is Kylian Mbappé and not Lionel Messi or even less Neymar. Last summer, PSG had tried everything to get rid of their Brazilian crack. What about his future now that his season is over? Which Neymar will PSG find after his operation? Will a departure still be relevant this summer, when he is under contract until 2027? The time when the Ney enchanted the football world seems far away. So yes, Neymar is undoubtedly a magician of this sport with the ball. Since Ronaldinho, we have rarely seen such a talented player, capable of genius and being so technically comfortable with the ball. Neymar breathes football, he embodies samba football. But his questionable lifestyle, coupled with controversy and endless injuries, make Ney no longer seem compatible with very high level football. We must resolve to turn this page and wonder if Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, by his full name, is not the biggest flop in the history of football.
Watch the video above to find out Neymar Jr’s controversial history with Paris Saint-Germain.
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