While he was announced back in Catalonia, FC Barcelona where he had shone alongside Messi between 2013 and 2017, Neymar saw his dream fly after the closure of the summer transfer window, September 2 at midnight.

The Brazilian international had yet clearly announced his desire to leave the PSG at the end of last season. To force the divorce, Neymar had even hurt the pride of the Parisian fans, stating in a video in mid-July, that his best memory of football was the historical rise of Barça against ... the club of the capital, in the Champions League , in 2017. "The sixth goal, I had never felt that before ... It was incredible!", he said, while the PSG lost 6 goals to 1, after winning the match go home (4-0).

Not to mention that in the flood of daily rumors that fueled the drama of the summer, some media have even argued that he was willing to pay out of his pocket 20 million euros to facilitate his transfer.

PSG was determined to separate from his star

But lack of agreement between the two clubs, the Barcelonans failing to meet the requirements of the PSG who had acquired for the record sum of 220 million euros in 2017, the Brazilian star of the ball has resolved to to put on again the tunic of the champion of France. He will also have to evolve in a Parc des Princes who had nevertheless demanded his departure with insults and explicit banners, on the first day of the championship, on August 11th.

"Neymar breaks" in the stands of the Parc des Princes. 👀 pic.twitter.com/5AtuANHMSg

Actu Foot (@ActuFoot_) August 11, 2019

Worried by the escapades and repeated injuries of his offensive gem, which kept him away from the field for many months, the club's leaders had decided to part with him. "Nobody forced him to sign here," President Nasser al-Khelaïfi said in an interview with France Football in June. "Neymar can leave the PSG [this summer], if there is an offer that suits everyone," added sports director Leonardo, in the columns of the Parisian, decided to close a cumbersome file. "We do not need players who would do a favor at the club by staying here," he added.

Yet, when signing the one who is considered one of the best players in the world, the Qatari owners of the PSG thought they made the deal of the century. After the humiliation of the Barcelona revival, which Neymar had actively participated in the field, this transfer seemed like a master stroke: it weakened the Catalan rival, allowed the PSG to cross a new course and boost its image to the international.

He was especially to allow the Paris club to realize the ultimate dream of the Emir of Qatar, that of winning the sacrosanct Champions League. In vain, despite excellent performances of Neymar in Ligue 1 and other competitions hexagonal.

Here is one of The Team of March 7, 2019. pic.twitter.com/ocOEHDQxWH

THE TEAM (@the team) March 6, 2019

In the meantime, despite its huge investments, PSG, deprived of Neymar injury for the second consecutive year before the knockout stages of the Champions League, suffered a second recovery last season, in March against Manchester United, on his lawn this time. A resounding defeat that has made the club the laughingstock of Europe, the time of a week, and a fiasco that has ulcerated Doha.

Rabiboring Mission

In addition to this sporting failure, the PSG star mired in controversies that made the headlines: insults to a referee that earned him three C1 suspension games, slap in the face of a spectator after the defeat in the final of the Coupe de France against Rennes, and charges of rape by a young woman - case finally closed without further action by the Brazilian justice in August.

While waiting for the next transfer window, which will open on 1 January 2020, and the new rumors sending the Brazilian to Catalonia or Real Madrid that will not fail to accompany him, the two parties will have to reconcile in the financial interest and sportsman of one and the other.

Last week, Leonardo admitted that the relationship with the 27-year-old striker, under contract until 2022 and who has not replayed with Paris since the end of last season, had become "complicated". The fact remains that the club of the capital is not necessarily the loser of this soap opera. Finally, he will have shown character by not giving in to the offers deemed insufficient by the inhabitants of Barcelona, ​​nor to the wishes of the "Ney", who is obliged to revive and restore his damaged image.