Neymar makes a confusing admission about his time at PSG

Neymar returned to his time at PSG in an interview with RMC. The Brazilian number 10 believes he gave the best years of his career to the French club.

Exceptionally invited to speak to the French media RMC, Neymar largely looked back on his time at PSG. An adventure which did not necessarily convince everyone, because people's minds were focused on his escapades, his injuries, his disappointing performances in the Champions League and his end where he was no longer very focused on his football. But in his first years in the French capital, Neymar shut down all debate and claimed that he had never been as strong as when he arrived. However, he was at the top of his game at FC Barcelona and in the Top 3 of the Ballon d'Or before 2017. But the Brazilian assures him, it was at PSG that he gave his best years.

2020, Neymar looks back on it with emotion

« Obviously I am passionate about football. I agree that my sporting years at PSG were surely the best for me. But it was very sad for me, because I often had very serious injuries that could last from three, four to six months. It bothered me a lot, but on a football level, on a sporting level, it was the best Neymar they had in my entire career. So I'm happy to have been able to offer this to French football, but on the one hand, there is also this feeling of sadness… Because I didn't do an entire season, only the year 2020, when we reached the Champions League final. It really was a great year when I look back on it. I will never forget these moments, they are engraved in my heart », Delivered the playmaker now at Al-Hilal, and for whom his best level was at PSG, and not at FC Barcelona.

The debates on the “prime” Neymar can therefore be launched, but it is good to remember during his arrival and his first season, to what extent the Brazilian had fun with Ligue 1 defenses, inventing gestures or dribbling like it seemed good to him. If this had the gift of annoying his opponents, it remains an exceptional passage as it is rare to see a player display this level in Ligue 1, and even elsewhere.