Especially since he contributed absolutely 0 to Brazil's qualification.
Should that matter? I see why it should in a meritocracy. But you pick the team you believe can get you the furthest - if that includes Neymar, you pick him, if not, you don't.
I don't normally like Ally McCoist, but I seen a clip of him talking about Harvey Barnes, before Barnes ruled himself out for Scotland. The host said it would be unfair for Barnes to come in when the rest of the team did the work of qualifying them, it wouldn't be fair on the other wingers. Ally said 'tough, you should see it as a challenge and as competition' implying you should pick the best players who give you the best chance of winning games.
I tend to agree with that - how many times have we seen a player player early rounds of domestic cups and then get dropped later in the competition when the tougher games appear? It doesn't seem fair but it's the way it is. There's no room for sentiment.
If Neymar is seen as making Brazil a better team, and doesn't cause problems behind the scenes, he should 100 percent be picked. Monte makes a good point too - they've let him down loads of times themselves. In 2014 for example he was one of their best players, got injured for the semi final, they also lost Silva due to suspension, and they got hammered 7-1. What can he do about that?
He tried to carry them for years. I don't even like him, he's a knob, but he's a genius and if he can still offer something (and I still rate him as much more talented than Vini or Raph) he should be playing.
