Paris Saint-Germain was able to count on Neymar for six seasons. According to him, the Brazilian played his best football by far even though he was 3rd in the Ballon d'Or rankings in 2015 and 2017 as a player for FC Barcelona. Worse, he could have won the supreme reward under the Parisian tunic.
Between Neymar and the Paris Saint–Germainthere were ups and downs. The Brazilian has always had strokes of brilliance and genius during his six seasons spent in the capital. One of the lows, in addition to his recurring injuries, was undoubtedly the soap opera surrounding his future in the summer of 2019. As a reminder, the Brazilian star aimed to return to FC Barcelona even if it means paying €20M out of his own pocket in order to facilitate this transfer which never took place given the reluctance of the PSG.
“By playing like I did at PSG, I would certainly have won the Ballon d’Or”
Subsequently, Neymar declared his love for PSG on several occasions, in an interview for the show TF1 : Seven to Eightor even on his X account in 2021 with the phrase: “I love you PSG”. And for him, as he had already assured on RMC pendant Bartoli Time last December, his best footballing period took place at Paris Saint–Germain and not to FC Barcelona. « My peak, my best moment, was at PSG. By playing like I did at PSG, I would certainly have won the Ballon d’Or.”
“It’s obvious that all players want to be Ballon d’Or”
On Romario TV, Neymar has in fact confided that he could have won the individual Holy Grail that is the Ballon d'Or with more regularity and above all fewer injuries to the Paris Saint–Germain. “But I had some injuries that ended up hurting me. It is obvious that all players want to be Ballon d'Or. But it's not something that's going to end my life.”. Which harmed his golden plans of greatness…
