Arriving like the messiah in 2017 and leaving under the lazzis six years later, Neymar did not have a long, quiet journey at PSG. But the Brazilian, exceptional guest of Bartoli Time on RMC, wants to throw the resentment into the river, without forgetting those who crossed the red line.
If there is one certainty that emerges from the entire exclusive interview with Neymar broadcast in Bartoli Time, it is this: the magician Neymar played his best football at PSG. Given the player's undisputed talent, this should earn him a statue or at least the eternal recognition of supporters. But that is far from being the case and number 10's relationship with Parisian fans has always been passionate, in one direction or the other.
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“The first year was magnificent, I was very well received by the people and the French supporters,” remembers Neymar, who also puts the disenchantment of the fans down to the too many injuries which often clipped his wings, quickly forgetting the few ultimatums and attempts to leave the club, from the second offseason. For his return after his sulk, whistled by the Parc des princes on September 14, 2019 against Strasbourg, the Brazilian responded with a superb acrobatic goal in added time (90th + 2). A symbolic episode of his time in Paris.
“I have a clear conscience about that”
Another highlight will be the “demonstration” of supporters in front of his home in the western suburbs. “I have no hard feelings, but I was a little sad about the way I was treated by the supporters, especially when they came to my house, when they wanted to invade my house, insult me or wanting to hit me,” Neymar remembers on RMC. “For me, they crossed the line. Our relationship was no longer respectful, while I always respected them… It was really a complicated situation. I was sad by the way I was treated in the end, but it passed.”
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Another dark point: his relationship with certain leaders that he mentions in passing. “I have no resentment towards the club, I just have a little resentment towards the people who manage the club and some supporters. But that's in the past (…) and I have a clear conscience regarding to that.”
