Brazilian star Neymar da Silva has said he is "happy and comfortable" with Paris St Germain despite his desire to return to his former club Barcelona in the summer transfer window, in a move aborted by the two clubs did not reach an agreement.
Neymar is set to make his 100th appearance for Brazil against Senegal on Thursday in a match in Singapore.``I am happy with the team and with my team as well, everyone knows what happened during the last transfer window and my desire to leave, but today I am happy and comfortable in my team. ''
"The season has started well for me," he said, adding that he would defend the Paris team with all his might. "I will give 100% of my level so we can do great things."
On Wednesday, Neymar received a special t-shirt with the number 100 from the former legendary striker Bebeto.
"I am delighted to have reached that number (100 caps)," said the 27-year-old striker. "The result is very positive. Even if the life of a footballer is not just based on victories, there are also many disappointments and defeats, we make mistakes."
Neymar has scored 61 goals in 99 internationals, and is third on Brazil's top scorer list behind Pele (77) and Ronaldo (62), and will become the seventh player to play at least 100 games in the national team shirt.
Neymar was crowned the Confederations Cup in 2013 and the Olympic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, but suffered a lot of disappointments, especially in the 2014 World Cup in his country when he suffered a back injury in the quarter-final against Colombia and missed the historic defeat against Germany 1 7 in the semi-finals.
It was no better at Russia 2018 when Belgium were knocked out of the quarter-finals by Belgium (2-1), playing in the finals shortly after being sidelined for months.
In the summer of 2019, he missed the Brazil national team that won the Copa America at home after suffering an injury just days before the start of the continental championship.