Neymar’s stock has fallen dramatically this year. PSG overpaid him twice – in 2017 when they brought him in for 222 million euros, and in 2021, when they signed him for extension, which now runs until 2027 with a 777.000 euros a week wage. And while they were making those moves, nobody questions their decision, or Neymar’s real value, but with another failure in the Champions League, and with the arrival of new sports director, suddenly, Neymar is a big problem. For days, the French press are speculating about his future, and writing that the club wants to get rid of him, but his wage is a stumbling block to any deal. But, there is one man out there who is appreciates his qualities and doesn’t consider him a problem – Adenor Leonardo Bacchi.Tite (Brazil National Team Coach): 🗣 “If a coach plays #Neymar from the side (wing) of the team, I will call him a donkey. A player with these qualities, placed there (on the wing), greatly restricts his creative capacity.” ( via @BrasilEdition )— Parisien Goals (@ParisienGoals) June 27, 2022 Unfortunately for Neymar, Bacchi, nicknamed Tite is not a manager of any big club, but rather the Brazilian national team coach, but still, it’s good to have somebody to believe in you, in these dark times. And Tite is defending his player passionately, now mincing words in the process, especially when it comes to the position he needs to play. For his coach, there is only one position he should play – behind the striker, not on the wing. Neymar didn’t like Khelaifi’s words and contemplates PSG exit“If a coach selects Neymar from the side of the team, if I watch the game I will call him a donkey. A player with these qualities, putting on the bandwagon, greatly restricts creative capacity. He is not a problem, he is a solution. Sometimes they say that there he will make more mistakes. His position makes him make more mistakes, because when he does it creatively, he will be decisive. Creativity is not constancy, it is eventuality, it is circumstantial. He will make more mistakes, yes, because his creative capacity and the place he is in demand it” said Tite to the podcast Sexta Estrela.##NAJAVA_MECA_6477665##Under the Brazilian coach, Neymar has flourished and plays regularly for the national team, which is very important since Brazil is one of the favorites to win the World Cup which is played in just five months in Qatar. In fact, his importance to Tite is so big, he uses his name to motivate other players.“We were in training, I said to Vinicius Jr.: “You are the Neymar of 2014, because the Neymar of Barcelona and the national team at that time was Neymar on the side, today he is in the centre” said Tite.Not too many goals, nor the UCL trophy, but birthday boy Leo has brought PSG an astonishing €700 millionAs for the club career, nobody knows what will happen to Neymar. Are there other clubs out there ready to buy him? Not very much, but one player is advocating his arrival – his teammate Thiago Silva.“He has to go to Chelsea. If it happens, it will be for the best. He needs no comments… So far, I don’t know anything, but I hope it comes to fruition” the 37-year-old told JC via SportWitness.
