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In August 2017, Paris Saint Germain made a big move when they resumed the vigor of European football by forcing Barcelona to provide them with US$ 222 million for Neymar. Without him, Barcelona didn't win another Champions League, although neither did PSG. The change is that PSG now has Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé.
As the most expensive football player in history, has Neymar been the price PSG can command? In 4 years with Barça, Neymar, alongside Messi and Luis Suárez, won two LaLiga titles, three Copa del Rey trophies and one Champions League (2014-15). He had one hundred and five goals and 59 assists in 186 games and was the simplest player in Europe's excellent 5 leagues to list 20 or more goals and assists in all competitions. In five years in France, here is a little of what Neymar has done.
Five years of Neymar in Paris
Neymar has been in Paris for 12 months longer than in Barcelona, but he played 42 fewer games and had fewer desires (102) and assists (54) with PSG. He got off to a great start, scoring 28 dreams in 30 games in his first season, and then 23 dreams in 28 games that season. He scored in all of his first three domestic Champions League games, one of only three players to achieve this, along with Messi and George Weah. He became the fastest PSG player to reach 50 Ligue 1 goals, doing so in his 58th online game. He is PSG's fifth all-time top scorer, behind teammate Mbappé. He won 4 Ligue 1 titles, three Coupe de France trophies and two Coupe de La Ligues.
Unable to absolutely live up to it, in fact, it undermined what Neymar managed to achieve with PSG. Regardless of everything he has completed, he has yet to win a Champions League in Paris. In 2017, his first year with PSG after leaving Barça, he switched to Barça, who eliminated him and PSG from the competition. They managed to see that the best reached the final soon, in 2020, when they lost to Bayern Munich. This year, they lost to eventual champions Real Madrid in a combined 2-0. This ended with Neymar and Messi receiving boos from their own fans, curiously disillusioned that the superstars had not achieved the leadership experience.
