Emancipation of a YouTube footballer

Gaurang Manjrekar

2nd July 2013 | 7:43 PM

Neymar is a YouTube Footballer – a year long saga and €57m later, he was paraded in front of 50,000 Blaugrana faithful at the Camp Nou on June 3rd.

” I think it’s good for him, because Neymar was no doubt the best player in Brazil and then he gets the experience to play also abroad. To play in Europe is a little different than to play in South America. Football in Europe is a little more tough, while South America is a little more laid back and technical.”

“The difference that I try to explain to the people is that both are really good. I love Messi, I love the player. But to make the comparison, I think Neymar has the capabilities to play better than Messi… or maybe not.” 

– Pele, June 5th

Neymar was still a YouTube footballer.

Neymar paraded at Barcelona

 

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