Football – PSG
Neymar is expensive, a former PSG reveals his truths
Published on April 27, 2024 at 8:30 a.m.
Passionate about sport, cinema and television (on screen as well as behind) since his childhood, Bernard has been a journalist for 10 Sport since 2018. More skilful with the keyboard in hand than with the ball on his feet, he decides to mainly cover a beloved sport, criticized and hated at the same time (football) and a sport that is not one (wrestling).
Recruited for €222 million in 2017, Neymar left PSG through the back door six years later, joining Saudi Arabia. While some observers judge the Brazilian’s passage to be unsuccessful, notably by his inability to win the Champions League with the capital club, Abdou Diallo rushed to the aid of his former teammate.
Last summer, the PSG separated from Neymar who took the path of Saudi Arabia and the clubAl-Hilal after six contrasting seasons during which the Brazilian international did not escape criticism despite impressive statistics, totaling 118 goals and 77 assists in 173 appearances. The number of matches played is precisely one of the black points of Neymar, continuing the long injuries in Paris. Guest of RMC this Friday, Abdou Diallo had the opportunity to defend his ex-teammate.
” An extraterrestrial “
“ It was an alien. He played on the left, in the center, at one point he found himself alone up front. In addition, Thomas Tuchel liked experiments. We had a tactic on Navas’ clearances, we played in support. The little bridges, the highlights, it was a recitalremembers the former defender of PSGpresent alongside the Brazilian during the Final 8 of the Champions League in 2020. Behind it, what was good was that there were ten guys who put themselves at the service of this individuality. He was a bit like the icing on the cake, but the cake was so substantial, so on a mission and ready to sacrifice that the mayonnaise set straight away. »
“We cannot speak of failure”
“ I’m not too tongue-in-cheek, so what I think is that the demands on his arrival are enormous, perhaps even too great for a single player. It seems like he’s going to do everything on his own. Then, what we can almost blame him for are certain of his absences in the sense that at key moments of a season, he was absent for several years. Of course he doesn’t control everything since there are also injuries. However, in terms of statistics, contributions to the game, personality, spectacle, emotions transmitted, we cannot speak of failure “, estimated Abdou Diallo.
