According to the great Brazilian Cafu, Neymar is “technically better than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo”.
Neymar was once considered one of Messi’s successors Ronaldo, Never managed to realize the full potential that many people thought would make him win the prestigious Golden Globe Award.
After Barcelona FC was in the shadow of Messi, Neymar moved to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) to become the club’s main player. However, this has not happened yet, Kylian Mbappe has become the focus, and Messi is now in the Prince’s Park himself.
Neymar moved to Paris for $254 million and remains the most expensive football transfer in history.
Since his first team debut in 2009, Neymar has scored 265 goals and 166 assists in 447 games. He is one of the modern greats. He needs to take on the responsibility of leading the team, just like his compatriot Ka Fu said.
“Neymar is technically stronger than Messi and stronger than Ronaldo, but he must take on the responsibility of being a leader. A person must be 100% dedicated to football. I am not stronger than Neymar, but I am stronger than other right-backs because of this. Dedication. He [Neymar] Must be the captain,” Cafu said Marca Sports Weekend Events in Seville.
Cafu led the Brazil team to the 2002 World Cup, and he also wore the captain’s armband in Rome and AC Milan.The former right-back revealed that he could have played with Roberto Carlos real Madrid.
“In 1992, I had the opportunity to play for Real Madrid, when the Sao Paulo team was fighting for the first world championship. They chased me, they talked to me and the club, but the Sao Paulo team did not release me because they wanted me to compete in the Intercontinental Cup. There is a pre-agreement between Real Madrid and Sao Paulo to let Vito go to Madrid and then come back and let me go to Madrid, but Sao Paulo has the Copa Libertadores and the World Championships, they will not let me leave again,” Cafu added. Won two World Cup titles in Brazil (1994 and 2002).
At the same time, Neymar has not won a trophy with the Brazilian national team. However, the former Santos striker has won a number of honours at the club level, including the Champions League with Barcelona, two La Liga titles and three Ligue 1 titles with Paris Saint-Germain.
In February 2020, the Brazilian forward Neymar (C) of Paris Saint-Germain wears a jersey to commemorate the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant
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In the 2021-22 season, Neymar scored 3 goals and the same number of assists in 11 games for Paris Saint-Germain. Paris Saint-Germain ranked first in the Ligue 1 standings with 34 points, 10 points ahead of the second shot.
