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Neymar: The incredibly talented player who wasted his promising career

What could have been...?? The tree dotted line and question marks are there for you to ponder a future of Neymar actualizing his potentials and reaching the top of the game. 

Neymar had it all to become the greatest player of all time if only he listened to the late Pele who saw similarities with him and urged him to work much harder and party less. 

Rather than listen to late Pele who is without doubt (the greatest player of all time and still the only player to have ever won three World Cups), Neymar dabbled from one controversy to other, suffered avoidable injuries and then made decisions that will stagnate his promising career. 

His craziest decision was to ditch Barcelona for the riches of PSG. That disastrous move ensured he will never be deemed good enough to win the FIFA World Best Player or the Ballon d'Or. 

Off course, the wages been offered to him was insanely high but, similar offers were made to Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and even Luis Suarez which they all rejected. So why Neymar? 

Suarez, Ronaldo and Messi all knew Barcelona and Real Madrid were far superior to PSG and it was the right platform for them to create their own respective history. 

Did Neymar think about that? Nope, he chased after the money. 

Neymar left selfless teammates at Barcelona who were prepared to make him the limelight of the team to play alongside self- centered attackers like Kylian Mbappe, Edinson Cavani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and even Maurio Icardi. What a crazy decision. 

Although, Neymar did feature in 340 games for PSG winning 13 trophies which nobody really remembers but one game in particular stands out. The Champions League final between PSG and Bayern Munich. 

PSG did lose that game 1-0 with Kingsley Coman scoring at the dearth of the match. The highlight of the match was the frustrated image of Neymar crying on the bench after the final whistle. 

That sorrowful image of him will always remain the reel of his entire career at PSG, the rest of the games he played or the titles he won, nobody really remembers nor care. 

It's really a shame how things have turned out for the Brazilian. He once had the world on his feet (Barcelona), dished those dreams for money, later got driven out of the club only to chase after more money at (Al-Hilal). 

The major difference between Neymar and generational talents like Messi and Ronaldo was that the latter had dreams and worked hard to achieve it all. Neymar meanwhile made silly decisions which caused him his promising career. 







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