Paris Saint-Germain's new coach is not worried about the Brazil forward's mentality after his country flopped at the World Cup
Neymar is a champion who will bounce back from Brazil's disappointing World Cup, according to new Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel.
After missing the last two months of the Ligue 1 season with a fractured foot, Neymar returned for Russia 2018 but could not inspire Tite's side to glory.
Neymar scored twice at the World Cup but drew a blank in the quarter-final as five-time winners Brazil suffered a surprise 2-1 defeat at the hands of Belgium.
Neymar described Brazil's World Cup exit as the "saddest moment of my career" but Tuchel thinks PSG's star man will recover quickly from that setback.
"Everything impacts everything. I don't think he needed this to be extra motivated," Tuchel told reporters on Friday.
"Of course, the whole Brazilian team expected more. Of course, it affects your approach to the players. Everybody in the squad and the club we want to help them feel very good soon so that they can approach their next goals and not worry about what happened at the World Cup.
"He is a big player. He knows how to handle victories and he knows how to handle losses. In sport, you have challenges to bounce back. He will bounce back. He is a champion."
Neymar is yet to return to PSG duty and will not be available for their next pre-season game, an International Champions Cup clash against former head coach Unai Emery's new club Arsenal in Singapore on Saturday.
"Players will return on a day to day basis. There is a possibility to explain why different approaches for different players when it comes to returning," Tuchel said.
"Every player has his own history, some are experienced, some played the whole season, some played the whole World Cup, some didn't not play for the whole season, some were injured and some were not injured. There is not one day for every player to arrive.
"We have the solution to manage every player and it's very complicated for us. There is a lot of travelling and have to be very smart and manage the player through the first weeks. For us, the season starts very well. We take care of everybody individually. Everybody is happy and eager to come back.
"We believe everybody needs a certain time for rejuvenation after the demands of the season especially players who played several league games and World Cup without pause. Playing at that kind of level, we need to let the player rest."
Elsa98
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Neymar really have something to prove after his country flopped at the world cup russia![Comeon] As a result for that, people troll him![Cry] People can troll him as much as they want, but neymar will silence them by his performance!
hipbdeopr
70
Let's not forget that Brazil lost against Germany 1-7 and next season with Barcelona won Neymar champions league with Barca and I think Neymar will do it with Psg this season. I think neymar is the best player to come back after a loss.
Dimetri22
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Neymar is good player. But he was better team player in Barcelona. After joining PSG he become arrogant. Now he is not a good tea player anymore and he always try to do unnecessary dribbles, try to humiliate the opponet. Due these reason a great player like Neymar is being criticized and also get fouled by oponet. So to become world's best player Neymar need to change his behaviour.
niabdeimn
19
to me he doesn't move me his rated for nothing ask messi and CR7 how it's done IN football you don't show skills before you win ask the best Brazilian pelle,Brazilian ronaldo and ronadhino and you will never win games alone that's why it's 11 players inside
SIAM3963
10
Nothin will stop Neymar from being the best... his objectives will always be high like winning the World Cup 2022 and the UCL... he will win the ballandor and the golden boot GOOD LUCK THIS SEASON[Comeon][Comeon]