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"Lionel Messi's move to PSG is more possible than Neymar's return to Barcelona"
The Brazilian star will also miss the rematch against the ex (Wednesday, 22:00, Sport 5), but the world media is once again returning to the tumultuous affair: the immediate remorse for leaving, the legal battle and the vanished comeback dream - this is what the "catching game" between Neymar and Barcelona looks like. Which may end in the flea's defection to Paris
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Tuesday, 09 March 2021, 17:00
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Although Neymar will eventually miss tomorrow's rematch against Barcelona (22:00, Sport5), but as before every PSG game against the ex, this time too the world football media deals with the star's past, present and future The Brazilian in Catalonia.
Athletic published an extensive article reviewing the relationship between Neymar and Barcelona since he left it with a slamming of a door in 2017 for a record sum of 222 million euros.
"Some of Barcelona's senior management are still shocked that Neymar has left," an anonymous member of Barcelona's management was quoted as saying.
"When the parties agreed on such a high release clause, no one believed anyone would be willing to pay it. At the time it seemed like a completely imaginary sum."
It turns out that after one season in Paris, Neymar "felt he had made the mistake of his life" and tried his best to return to Barcelona, and return to star alongside Leo Messi and Luis Suarez, his MSN trio partners, who became his close friends off the pitch as well.
"The absurdity is that Neymar wanted to break free from Messi's shadow, but before he left, he had already become popular with fans at least as much as him. At the team's museum at the Camp Nou, more of his shirts were sold than Messi's," Barcelona said.
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Neymar and Messi (Photo: GettyImages, Elsa)
An acquaintance of Neymar claimed that "Neymar felt remorse almost immediately. He contacted Barcelona in an attempt to check the possibility of returning at the end of his first season in Paris. The initial contact was made four to five months after he left. But PSG were not willing to release him. By no means do I want to convey that I recommend for the mother to be inactive. "
As part of its efforts to keep Neymar happy, PSG did almost everything - including giving up some training.
At one point, President Nasser al-Khalafi was even informed that Neymar was unhappy with coach Onai Emery, and flew to him specifically for Brazil to inform him that he was about to replace Emery with another coach.
Either way, Neymar continued to fantasize about returning to Barcelona and resuming action with Leo Messi at the Camp Nou.
In the summer of 2019 PSG was open for the first time in a long time to open negotiations with Barcelona, but then-president Josep Maria Bartomeu insisted that the acquisition budget would be invested mostly in the acquisition of Antoine Griezmann.
"It was a huge disappointment for Neymar. He sincerely believed that he would return to Barcelona that summer," said the Brazilian's associates.
"In fact, we all thought that was what would happen. Neymar made great efforts to make it happen, but pretty quickly realized it was impossible."
Abandoned the comeback dream.
Neymar (Photo: AP, Francois Mori)
Above the surface, Neymar waged a legal battle with Barcelona over large sums of money, but even that did not cause the doors to close in his face.
"Neymar's problem has always been with the Barcelona management, neither with the professional team nor with the players," said those around him.
Either way, Neymar has recently been convinced he has no future at Barcelona, also because he believes the team will not return to the world top in the coming years.
He is close to signing a new contract at PSG, and the possibility of collaborating again with Leo Messi at Barcelona seems almost impossible.
What is possible?
A collaboration between Messi and Neymar in Paris.
"The relationship between Leo and Neymar has always been great. There are deep friendships there, and a great desire to play together again. But for now, the more logical scenario is not Neymar's return to Barcelona, but Messi's move to Paris."
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