The following year Neymar received the Confederations Cup with A Seleção and was voted participant of the tournament. Tipped to be the star of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, he lived as a lot as the billing, inspiring the hosts to victory in the group matches in opposition to Croatia and Cameroon and changing the successful penalty within the shootout defeat of Chile within the last 16. Then, in the quarter-final in opposition to Colombia, he sustained a severe back damage, prompting much anguish throughout the nation. Worse was to observe when Germany beat a Neymar-less Brazil 7-1 in the semi-finals. Yet despite all that success and prestige, A Seleção had always found Olympic gold elusive, making do with three silvers and two bronzes, collected at Atlanta 1996 and Beijing 2008. On residence soil and in front of their own fans, however, the Auriverde lastly ended their long wait for the one title lacking from their lengthy listing of honours, a wait that had lasted one hundred twenty years.

He gave interviews throughout 20 countries and struggled to access his social media because of the sudden consideration. Within hours, the story had spread all over the world, and everybody in soccer was taking an interest. "My contact started to inform me about the entire story with Neymar," he defined'. "The extra he spoke, the extra I started to understand the influence of what he was telling me.

After simply five first-team appearances, and spells on mortgage at Schalke 04 and Benfica, he moved to Nice for round €8m in 2021. The central midfielder returned to Palmeiras after his contract was ended and is now on loan at Red Bull Bragantino. As with several recent Barca transfers, it's difficult to evaluate the Pjanic fee. At €60m, he was extraordinarily expensive, nevertheless it came alongside Arthur Melo's €72m transfer to Juve, handing Barca a internet achieve overall.

Neymar scored all 4 goals, had another disallowed and hit the submit as Santos beat União Barbarense 4–0 within the Paulista on thirteen April. On 25 April 2013, his agent and father revealed that Neymar intended to go away for Europe earlier than the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Ahead of his last match for Santos, on 26 May in opposition to Flamengo, Neymar was in tears during the national anthem. The switch skilled spoke about the delay on his YouTube channel on Wednesday and warranted Gunners fans that the deals are nonetheless very a lot in place and that an announcement is only a matter of time. No one expected the Dane to be an everyday after becoming a member of as a free agent from Chelsea, with Araujo and Kounde tipped to be the starting centre-backs last season, but he proved everybody wrong. He was one of the standout performers as Barca won a first league title since 2019 and would command an enormous fee on the transfer market.

In an interview with "France Football," the participant stated that his focus is rarely on taking part in to be primary. He performs because he loves soccer and goes out onto the sphere to have fun. In May 2013, SportsPro magazine named Neymar as probably the most marketable athlete on the planet for the second consecutive 12 months.

If Neymar joins New York City FC, he'll comply with within the footsteps of many football icons, such as avid Villa, Andrea Pirlo, and Frank Lampard. Mundo Deportivo believes that City Football Group, which owns New York City FC, is monitoring Neymar’s state of affairs at PSG. They haven’t approached the former Barcelona man yet however will try to convince him sooner or later.

Over €300m was invested in Philippe Coutinho, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele in the instant aftermath of Neymar's departure. Only Dembele stays at the membership, with the opposite two players moved on at a large loss. Normally, Brazilians seem to take pleasure in poking mild fun at their own soccer stars — particularly over their obsession with hairstyling. Not so long ago, people in Rio have been swapping a spoof video online during which a Brazilian participant crashes to the ground, apparently horribly injured.

On 17 July, Mbappé will practice with PSG except an agreement is reached on his sale. If he refuses to train, he might be not directly rejecting the loyalty bonus that the Ligue 1 club must pay him, half of which ($44 million), might be paid into his checking account on 31 July. That is why PSG want to promote him earlier than August if he doesn't sign a new contract. Luis Enrique, for his part, is awaiting developments to try to construct the most formidable and aggressive squad possible. In February 2020, Natalia confirmed her relationship with Neymar at his twenty eighth birthday in Paris, France, with a photograph of them on her Instagram Story.