Barcelona return to the grave of the MSN trident

Inevitably, when Luis Suarez steps out onto the pitch at the Hard Rock Stadium on Wednesday night, he'll have a flashback to the summer of 2017. That was the last time he shared the pitch with Neymar as a member of the MSN trident.

The best attack in Barcelona's history barely lasted three seasons, but it gave them enough time to make history. Together they won the club's second-ever treble and scored over 100 goals each season. When the Brazilian left for Paris Saint-Germain, the MSN trident's statistics ended with 364 goals and 211 assists. Incredible numbers.

Real Madrid were the last club to come up against the fearsome attack. That match, Neymar's last, ended with a 3-2 win for Barcelona; Lionel Messi was the only member of the trident to score that day.

The game against Los Blancos marked the end of Barcelona's tour of the United States, but it also marked the end of the Neymar soap opera. The novel played out in New Jersey, New York, Washington DC and Miami, with journalists unsure if the Brazilian was going to stay or go. Two years later, Neymar is once again playing a starring role. There is plenty of talk surrounding him, but this time it regards his possible return.

To this day, there is an awareness inside Barcelona's camp that it is going to be a very difficult, if improbable, deal to pull off, but they are not giving up hope. In the end, PSG didn't give up hope two years ago and look how that panned out.