Every step is a mistake! The former successor of Mero has been abandoned by the national team, and it is difficult to return to Europe!

Time went back 10 years ago, when Ronaldo and Messi were at their peak, they won all the Golden Globe Awards, and no one could even match them. Therefore, there were not many discussions about the number one person in the world at that time, after all, it was either Messi or Ronaldo. And the third person in the world outside the two will often become the biggest topic of discussion. Ibrahimovic, Bale, Hazard, and even Neuer were all in the discussion area, but if you want to ask who is the most suitable and the most popular one, then it is undoubtedly Neymar. In fact, Neymar did show his extremely top talent 10 years ago. In the eyes of the outside world, he is the last epoch-making superstar of the Brazilian national team.

However, now 10 years have passed, Neymar has disappointed the fans. After joining Paris Saint-Germain for a record-breaking transfer fee of 222 million euros in the summer of 2017, it seems that he has been moving forward all the way. Although he helped Paris Saint-Germain in the Ligue 1 and won almost every season's domestic championship, Paris Saint-Germain is still the overlord of the French Ligue 1 without Neymar. But in the Champions League, they kept failing, and Neymar eventually left Paris. Now he has returned to Santos, and he is also unfortunately out of the election for the new national team roster. So what happened to Neymar in the past few years has led to his amazing decline. Let’s go back to the summer of 2023 together and review his experience in the past two years!

1. He suffered consecutive injuries and was reluctantly given up by Paris.

Before winning the championship this year, in order to compete for the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain spent a lot of money to introduce powerful players every season, especially in the summer of 2021. They seized the opportunity and directly introduced Messi. Since then, the team's frontcourt has been quite luxurious. Neymar on the left, Messi on the right, and Mbappe in the middle, even if you look at the entire football history, it is probably difficult for a frontcourt combination to be close to this Parisian frontcourt combination in terms of strength and popularity. However, in the 21-22 season, they did not make any difference in the Champions League, and Neymar also suffered from ankle injuries, only played 28 games in total, contributing 13 goals and 8 assists. Although they followed the team to win the Ligue 1 championship, they still disappointed the team. After all, since Neymar joined, Paris has only reached one Champions League final in total, which is obviously difficult to satisfy the team.

And in the 22-23 season, the Qatar World Cup was held in winter, so Neymar also led the Brazilian national team to fight, but in the first game, his right ankle injury recurred and missed the next two group matches. Fortunately, he made a comeback soon and contributed goals in the knockout match against South Korea and Croatia. In the quarter-finals against Croatia, he saved the team for a while, tied Pele with 77 national team goals, becoming the scorer of the Brazilian national team. But helplessly, they were eventually eliminated by Croatia in the penalty shootout, and since then Neymar has also dreamed of shattering the World Cup. When he returned to Paris Saint-Germain, he no longer had any intention. What's worse is that in February 2023, he left the court early due to injury, and this time he had to undergo surgery and was directly reimbursed for the season. In the end, he contributed 18 goals and 17 assists in the 22-23 season, and because he was unable to help the team make a breakthrough in Europe for 6 years, he was put on the cleanup list by Paris.

2. Joined Saudi United with a high salary, but was completely defeated by injuries.

Although Neymar was 31 years old at that time, his personal ability was still unquestionable. The problem is that his salary level was too high, and it was not just a matter of salary to get him. Judging from the asking price in Paris, only if the transfer fee is close to 100 million yuan can you get Neymar. Therefore, there are almost no teams in the five major leagues that can get Neymar, and teams such as Manchester City and Chelsea that can afford the price are not very interested in him. In the end, Saudi United, which was determined to build a high-level league, took a fancy to Neymar's personal ability and commercial value. The league's giant team Riyadh Crescent directly offered a transfer fee of 90 million euros and obtained the Brazilian top star from Paris Saint-Germain. Since then, Neymar's total career transfer fee has accumulated to 400 million euros, breaking the record maintained by Lukaku and becoming the first person in football history. There is no doubt that Neymar still has great value and his ability is still the best.

Shortly after joining the New Moon, Neymar completed his comeback in September. In his first game, he showed his value as the Saudi league leader. In just half an hour of his appearance, he used assists and points to create three goals alone, helping the team win the Yadh New Moon with a score of 6:1 at home. In the following games, Neymar also played very relaxed and comfortable in the game, which is very rare in the Saudi league. However, less than a month after Neymar returned, he suffered another serious injury. A torn anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus injury directly brought him back to the injury seat. This time, his recovery time lasted for a year, and it was not until October 2024 that he returned. And after only half a month of returning, he had to undergo treatment because of a torn hamstring. This time, Xinyue could no longer bear it. They terminated their contract with Neymar early and were unwilling to give him any chance. In the end, Neymar only played 7 games in the New Moon, contributing 1 goal and 3 assists, and then hurriedly bid farewell.

3. After many years, I have lost my peak.

However, after being abandoned by the Crescent Team, Neymar still found his next home, and the one who signed with him was his old club Santos. After returning to Brazil, Neymar quickly returned to the arena and made his own points and hit them in the Brazilian São Paulo State Championship, breaking the 502-day goal drought. However, Neymar is now suffering from injuries for a long time. Although he has been as healthy as possible in Santos, he still has not been able to play too many games. In March 2025, although he returned to the national team after a year and a half, he chose to withdraw due to injury. Now that Ancelotti has taken office, he has almost been given up by the national team. Although Santos expressed his willingness to renew his contract with Neymar, with his current ability, he may have completely stepped down from the altar. Neymar in the future is probably no longer able to return to European football. In just two years, he has encountered such a huge change, which is also an extremely sad thing.