They shouldn’t have doubted him. Guest of Post United’s “L’After” on YouTube this Monday, Denis Suarez, former teammate of Neymar at FC Barcelona, spoke behind the scenes of the Brazilian star’s surprise departure to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2017. Transferred for 222 million euros at the time, a record that still stands today, the Santos striker was the subject of a soap opera, marked by the “se queda” affair.
In the midst of a media debate, Catalan defender Gerard Piqué published a photo on Twitter (now X) in the company of Neymar with the message “Se queda”, translation of “He remains” in Spanish.
“His departure took us by surprise, but there was still a moment when we knew he was going to leave,” conceded Denis Suarez, today with Deportivo Alavés. Even with the photo of stayswe already knew he wasn’t going to stay. People started telling Piqué that he didn’t have the balls to publish the photo… and he published it. But in reality, Neymar was practically gone at that point. »
Nearly 300,000 likes on social networks
“There were teammates close to him who tried to convince him that it was better for him to stay. And I also consider that it would have been better for him to stay because he could have done something very great. He would have quickly become number 1 at Barça by winning everything he wanted to win,” he explained.
Liked by nearly 300,000 people, this publication created a real wave of hope among Blaugrana supporters, while rumors of their star’s departure were more and more insistent. They were ultimately disappointed to see that the Brazilian had chosen to leave. Since then, the expression “se queda” has become popular internationally. To the great dismay of FC Barcelona fans.
