Now at the age of 27 and having already taken a risky step by leaving Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar is experiencing one of the most crucial moments of his career.
The French club spent 222 million euros to lure him to Paris but, in his two seasons there he has only featured in 55 games, a total of 4,778 minutes,
In the 2015/16 campaign alone, he managed 4,434 minutes at Barcelona.
Both his seasons at the French club have ended in February due to injuries and although PSG do not need his services to clinch the Ligue 1 title, they have not managed to meet the expectations without him in the Champions League.
Last season he missed the second leg in the last 16 against Real Madrid, while in 2018/19 he did not feature in neither games of the tie with Manchester United.
Neymar has grossly underperformed since his departure from the Camp Nou, including at the 2018 World Cup, where he was blasted for his theatrics throughout the tournament.
The Brazilian forward was also criticised for attending the Rio Carnival while recovering from his second serious injury at PSG, and he has gone from being a Ballon d'Or candidate to finishing 12th on the list.
This season, he lamented officials after his club's European elimination at the hands of Manchester United, for which he was punished by UEFA with a three-match ban.
Following PSG's defeat on penalties in the Coupe de France, Neymar appeared to punch a rival fan who provoked him while on his way to receive his medal.
He took on the challenge and joined the French side, but the Brazil international has yet to recover the form that placed him amongst the best football players in the world just a few years ago.
JamiuharkanniJ-fresh
76
imagine, neymar is very talented, by this age start creating bad record for himself,but no wonder , it's very difficult to compare a player to both Ronaldo and messi , in addition if a player have been ranked 3th best player behind messi and Ronaldo in this year , by next year that kind of player will collapse ,so the both G.O.A.T deserve much respect . Opinion ,which out Both Ronaldo and messi Football is 40/100%
zehbpuy
50
is just the beginning he will struggle most as an ungrateful player who cannot reflect back, after all the sufferings Barcelona encounter for his signature, paying extra money to his family after all he leave the club at the last minute which makes Barcelona don't even know what to do by the way I'm happy for what is going on with him.
EAsoft
45
His attitude is like a little kid these days..
VanishPrasad
31
AF in this article : Neymar is yet to recover his form. Also AF ; Perfect rating of the week.