Could Chelsea target Neymar be Brazil’s answer to Man Utd legend George Best?
January 25, 2011 at 16:17 9 comments
“Genius, maverick, legend”. Three words often used to describe the magnificent George Best.
While we all know that the former Manchester United maverick was a one-off, from time to time there have been players who had the talent to come close to matching the Belfast man’s genius. At the start of his career, Ryan Giggs was labelled the ‘new George Best’. More recently it was the turn of Cristiano Ronaldo.
And, after watching Brazil’s Under-20s in Peru this week, it seems there could well be another pretender to the throne: Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior.
The Santos star put on a virtuoso performance scoring all the goals in Brazil’s 4-2 demolition job on Paraguay … Click here to read the rest of the article that appears in FourFourTwo
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1. ThomaS | January 29, 2011 at 11:39
Maradona good, Pele better, George Best! I truly hope for neymar and Brazilian football that Neymar outdoes Best in life. If he does this he will be happy.
2. Daniel | January 30, 2011 at 18:25
Lets hope so brasil needs a new shining light!!
I do believe that the hype these youngsters get doesnt help.
forest out the cup jon! up the hammers!!
3. pitacodogringo | January 31, 2011 at 18:00
Neymar was and is hyped but i think he can deliver if the attention doesn’t go to his head
listened to the game on Radio Nottingham via the net. sounds like we were all over you in the first-half but the second period was yours. now free to concentrate on the league, which is the big priority!
4. Thomas | January 31, 2011 at 21:15
Jon,
Do you think that if Neymar can keep it under control that being his ego, that he will benefit immensely from Elano? Elano had already been there done that. My brother in law says something that translates like Too many Roosters in the henhouse. Elano is out of control in the Paulistao right now…
5. pitacodogringo | February 1, 2011 at 15:15
Neymar is playing the best football of his career for the U20s in Peru right now and has put away some fabulous goals. elano’s not known for having a massive ego. so. i can’t see a problem when Neymar comes back. it will also be interesting to see how Adilson Baptista shuffles his pack when Neymar, Alan Patrick and Alex sandro return from Peru.
i think that Santos better make the most of Neymar because if he continues in this form, someone will buy him in July!
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7. Neymar to move to Europe? | February 3, 2011 at 08:07
From the little coverage I have seen/read Neymar has been doing wonders at the u-20′s tournament but I see you say he has a buy out clause of £38m, do you think Santos would let him leave for any less, say £25m or would they want to keep hold of him.
Sounds like a bit of a fiery character but I think most players around that age have a few rough edges that can sometimes add to the game, would love to see him move over to Europe and than eventually in England, I think if he moved straight to England than the transition may be a bit much.
8. pitacodogringo | February 3, 2011 at 12:43
not a chance of him leaving for £25million – if anything, his price tag has gone up because of his performances in Peru.
i wouldn’t see fiery – more petulant. but he’s still a teenager and has a lot of maturing to do.
talent-wise, he’s ready for the Premier League. santos have Elano and Paulo Henrique, but Neymar is the star attraction and he thrives on the attention. when he moves to a club that has other major names, he’ll need some time to adjust to the fact that he’s not the only star turn.
9. Aphilas | February 9, 2011 at 04:28
Comparing to a briton, eh!! As if Brazil din’t have any. ha ha..