If Neymar’s fans are very numerous, not everyone in football still admires the qualities of the Brazilian. Among his regular detractors, there is notably a certain Marco van Basten.
With 8 goals scored and 7 assists delivered in ten league days, Neymar is PSG’s strongman at the start of the season. In the Champions League, his record also remains very impressive, 3 games punctuated by 1 goal and 2 assists. More generally, the former Blaugrana striker has changed a lot in his behavior.
More generous in his defensive efforts, less individualistic, the star of the Seleção is a very different player than a few years ago. His physical form also appears to be much more satisfactory than in the past. However, all it takes is a slight drop in speed for the 30-year-old to fall into the eye of the storm.
“He is an unpleasant person”
Like his team, Neymar thus made a slightly less convincing copy during the trip to Reims (0-0). Keeping the ball too much, sometimes nervous, the Brazilian striker was a little less brilliant than in recent weeks. It was enough for his detractors to jump on the occasion.
On the set of Ziggo SportsMarco van Basten, three-time Ballon d’Or winner, was guilty of a tackle with both feet off the Paris Saint-Germain star. “Neymar is a real whiner, he constantly provokes the players”the former Ajax player was annoyed before continuing with a vengeance: “At one point he’s going to foul someone and the next second he’s playing the victim again. We are not allowed to touch it. I would applaud if someone actually looked after him, tackled him for real. He is an unpleasant person in the field”.
If the former AC Milan star admits that Neymar “is a good player”he regrets an attitude which “causes other people to do bad things”.
