"
I don't know if I will still have the mental strength to continue in football
."
On October 10, Neymar's words from a future DAZN documentary dedicated to him set the football world on fire.
“
I think the 2022 World Cup will be my last,”
the Brazilian star also said.
Since then, speculation has been rife about the future in high-level football of the PSG player, who is only 29 years old.
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Neymar
In an interview published on the site of Red Bull, one of his sponsors, Neymar made an update.
“
I said something, but people understood something else.
I said that, yes, this would be my last World Cup and that I would approach it in the best possible way.
I'll give my best to be 100% because that's how I approach every game.
If there's a game tomorrow, for me it's like it's the last of my life.
So, for this upcoming World Cup, I think about it as if it was the last for me because I don't know what can happen,
”Neymar explained.
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“When I said that, it created a bit of controversy. People said that I wanted to quit football and that I was going to quit the selection. People have understood a totally different thing. I just wanted to say that I will approach it (this World Cup) as if it were the last because we do not know what can happen, ”he
insists.
Verratti a "genius", Jordan his "idol"
Asked about his reunion with Lionel Messi in Paris, Neymar said he was "
very happy and very satisfied
". “
Not only is he a football idol, a top player and a genius, he is also my friend. And when you have friends by your side, your daily life is lighter and calmer. We hope to write history together, as we did in Barcelona,
”said Neymar, who also considers Marco Verratti“
a genius
”. "
Today I can say that he is one of the best midfielders I have played with, alongside Xavi and Iniesta
".
Mbappé's
“
speed
” also impresses him.
Authors of 70 goals in the Brazilian jersey (in 115 caps), Neymar also confides in aiming for Pelé's record (77 goals).
“
It's a clear goal.
But I am far from thinking that I am better than Pelé or to compare myself to him
”, explains the former player of Santos - like Pelé - whose idol and the model is called Michael Jordan.
“
He inspires me.
I believe we have similar stories
. ”
While we lend him the will to convert to professional poker once the studs are hung up, we will not see him at the edge of the lawns.
“
I don't plan on becoming a coach, far from it.
I don't know yet what I'm going to do, I haven't decided.
We will see
”.
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