Paris Saint-Germain signed the coup of the century in August 2017. Gerard Piqué's “Se Queda”, literally translated into “he remains”, ultimately led to the departure of Neymar for PSG in exchange for a check for €222 million. A historic transfer that Lionel Messi tried to derail by persuading Neymar that he could reach the heights by staying in Catalonia.
Au FC Barcelona, Neymar had the opportunity to pile up the trophies by winning in 2015 the only Champions League of his rich career. Incidentally, thanks to his performances on the attack front of the Barça with Lionel Messi among others, the Brazilian football star reached the podium of the Ballon d’or during the 2015 and 2017 editions. PSGhe never managed to repeat this performance despite his six seasons spent at the Parisian club.
“Messi asked me: 'Why are you leaving?' Do you want to be the best in the world? I'm going to make you the best in the world
To become the best player in the world, Neymar chose to swap the tunic of FC Barcelona that he had worn for four years for that of the PSG during the 2017 summer transfer window. An outcome that tried to avoid Lionel Messi by assuring him that he would succeed in making him achieve his objective at Camp Nou.
-“My motivation was not to win individual prizes…. I didn't follow that reasoning, to be honest. I didn't leave Barça with the idea of being the best in the world. During my last week at Barcelona, Messi asked me: “Why are you leaving?” Do you want to be the best in the world? I'm going to make you the best in the world.”
“PSG? There were Brazilians playing there and they were all my friends.
“But it wasn’t that, it was other personal things. Of course, financially PSG was much better than Barcelona and there were Brazilians playing there (Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Daniel Alves and Lucas) and they were all my friends. I took a risk, but it wasn’t with the idea of being the best in the world.” the conclusion Neymar during his interview with Romario on the channel YouTube Romario TV.
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