Neymar Jr. - v5

Horatio

You're welcome
Have to agree. Neymar's achievement didn't create as much buzz as it should, at least according to my perception. Have yet to meet a football fan that brings up Ligue 1 to discuss it, and I meet a lot of people mind you.

Might change in the future though.
 

JamDav1982

Senior Member
Tune in next week to find out which EPL flop will score for fun in Ligue 1.... will it be Ballotelli?!! will it be Gomis?!! Will it be Thauvin?!! Will it be Falcao?!! Will it be Lacazette?? (future flop), will it be Mounie?!! Will it be Depay?!!!

Could have used that tag line to break even bigger tv deals.
 

behindbrowneyes

Well-known member
Yea, it’s hard to stay relevant in Paris. He’ll have to win the UCL every year for anyone to recognize him, same as Zlatan when he was with PSG.

It's not about relevance. He'll have to win either CL or play a very good world-cup if he wants to win the BDor over Messi. If both win their league this year but no CL and WC it will be Messi > Neymar. Even then they have to be lucky to win it because a player who wins the WC or CL will have a better shot for receiving the BDor.

Messi played a great year but CR won it for 2 good months. No one cares about league success. The people who are eligible to vote watch CL-knockout and WC this year. The rest is not really relevant. Sad, but true.
 

Horatio

You're welcome
Tune in next week to find out which EPL flop will score for fun in Ligue 1.... will it be Ballotelli?!! will it be Gomis?!! Will it be Thauvin?!! Will it be Falcao?!! Will it be Lacazette?? (future flop), will it be Mounie?!! Will it be Depay?!!!

Gomis plays for Galatasaray.
 

Jair Ventura

New member
It's not about relevance. He'll have to win either CL or play a very good world-cup if he wants to win the BDor over Messi. If both win their league this year but no CL and WC it will be Messi > Neymar. Even then they have to be lucky to win it because a player who wins the WC or CL will have a better shot for receiving the BDor.

Messi played a great year but CR won it for 2 good months. No one cares about league success. The people who are eligible to vote watch CL-knockout and WC this year. The rest is not really relevant. Sad, but true.

We’re arguing two different things. Of course he’ll have to do something extraordinary to beat Messi to the award, but he doesn’t need to win the WC or UCL to be recognized for his brilliance. People aren’t going to ignore him because he plays in France no more than they ignored Zlatan, who earned 4th place in 13-14.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
He's already recognized as a player, but he's put himself in a situation where either a CL title or a WC title will put him in the cover magazines Worldwide for individual awards.
 

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