Neymar stays at Paris Saint-Germain: "I want to succeed in that club"

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The Brazilian footballer Neymar during the auction of his foundation.

 

"I want to succeed in that club, I want to win"

The player criticized the speculations in the media

Brazilian star Neymar has announced in Sao Paulo that he will remain next season at Paris Saint-Germain, ending days of speculation in the media about his continuity in the French club.

"I'm staying, I'm staying in Paris, I have a contract ... Speculations, I think most of them are from the press (...) they do not know the objective, why I went to Paris", said the most expensive player of the history of football.

"I want to succeed in that club, I want to win and I hope this season is a wonderful season," insisted Neymar Jr., who held an auction in Sao Paulo to help children from troubled neighborhoods through sports and entertainment projects. education.

With the announcement, the player ended two weeks of silence before the press after the failure in the World Cup in Russia-2018, in which he could not avoid the elimination of the Brazilian team in quarterfinals against Belgium (1-2).

The growing rumors about his transfer led, for example, to Real Madrid to deny on two occasions a presumed interest in the 26-year-old attacker.

"Given the constant information linking the PSG player Neymar Jr. with our club, Real Madrid C.F. wants to clarify that he has not planned to make any offer for the player," the white entity explained last Friday on its official website.

The player criticized the speculations in the media of the last days.

"The press keeps inventing stories and ends up speculating even more, that's a bit boring, but everyone knows about my love for PSG and the fans," said Neymar, according to the specialized website Globosporte.

Neymar was signed in August 2017 by PSG, which paid its clause of rescission of 222 million euros to FC Barcelona, becoming the most expensive signing in the history of football.

With the French team, the Brazilian has played 30 games and has scored 28 goals in the most recent season, in which he won Ligue 1, the French Cup and the League Cup.

The mourning of the World Cup passed

Visibly recovered from the fiasco at the World Cup, Neymar showed that he is now ready to turn the page and bet on the new season with PSG.

"We take good things out of the World Cup, of course, the sadness is much greater, the taste of being able to arrive is great, because we knew we had a team for that (...), but for some reasons, because it's football, game that was played, we did not achieve it, "he said.

"The mourning happened, we have to choose to be happy, we have reasons to be sad, but I prefer to be happy," said the player, quoted by Globoesporte.

During the World Cup, Neymar was one of the players who did not meet expectations, and was even the target of jokes about his constant haircut changes, but mainly because of his excesses when pretending spectacular falls.

"Everything Neymar does, it becomes news, if Neymar gets excited, they criticize, if Neymar paints his hair, they criticize, I would like to see those people in Neymar's place, what would be his reaction, he can not stay focused on that, because it does not build anything, "said his PSG colleague, Dani Alves, who also participated in the auction.

The attitude of the Brazilian bothered many soccer figures: "It's not a good attitude, it's better to do your best, if you do too much theater it does not help you." Neymar should understand that, "said former Dutch player Marco Van Basten, 53 , Golden Ball of 1988, 1989 and 1992.

He was also punished by the coach of Mexico, the Colombian Juan Carlos Osorio, and the English internationals Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer.

This Thursday Neymar responded to these criticisms with humor, playing with a group of children to simulate a fall in a video that he posted on Instagram with the label "ChallengeDAFALTA" (Challenge of failure).

"One, two, three: now, let's go!" Neymar tells the children, who drop to the floor of a parking lot. "Faltaaaaa", she says after laughing.