Neymar in 2019 .. a year to forget the star "killed by injuries"

"The injuries killed me." This is how the Brazilian superstar, Paris St Germain striker, admitted in a newspaper interview a few days ago, that many injuries spoiled his football career.

And if the injuries have chased Neymar a lot in the few years, it really surrounded him this year, and it is even with the huge controversy that erupted about his future with the Parisian team, depriving Neymar of any imprint in 2019, which is nearing its end.

Despite the many connections of the player with Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazilian national team this year, the player came out of this year with tremendous noise, but without a real imprint, which is proven by the statistics of the player in general.

And this "fanfare without flour" resulted in Neymar's market value dropping by about twenty million euros, as it reached 180 million euros in June and fell to 160 this month, according to the "Transfer Market" website that specializes in market players' values.

The curse of Neymar's injury (who is 28 years old next February) surrounded this year, as a new episode in the series of numerous injuries that the player was exposed to during his football career, especially after his departure from Barcelona's ranks.

However, three injuries suffered by the player this year kept him out of action for nearly eight months, including the rest period between last season and the current.

The beginning was last December 24, which kept him out of the field 85 days, to return on April 19, 2019, after he missed 18 games with his club other than his absence from the Brazilian national team, although the matches in that period with "samba" are all friendly.

Upon his return to participate in the matches at the end of the season and the start of preparing to participate with his country in the South American Nations Cup (Copa America) hosted by Brazil in the middle of this year, the player was injured again on June 7 last days before the start of the continental championship activities to miss the ranks His team in this tournament, in addition to his absence from the ranks of Saint-Germain in one game, where the player returned on August 9 last.

However, the training team for the Parisian team is hoping that the player will have a better chance of recovery and rehabilitation, to be absent again until September 6, and the Parisian team is missing its efforts for four other games.

The player returned on September 6, but he was injured again on October 13 and was absent from the field for five weeks, until he returned on November 20 after the team missed his efforts in six other games.

This was Neymar's 14th absence from St Germain since his transfer to him in the summer of 2017 from Barcelona for 222 million euros.

The player's achievements with the Parisian team were limited to local titles, while Saint-Germain Champions League failures have continued in the past two seasons.

But this year saw the worst results for Neymar in his professional career so far, as it was the lowest year for him in the level of his participation with Samba since joining the Brazilian team in 2010, where the player played with his country only five games in 2019, all friendly and scored one goal.

On the level of his career with the French team, Neymar played a meager set of matches and his scoring record was at his weakest.

Despite this, Neymar's presence in the news headlines and in the media during 2019 was much more than on the field because of the uproar repeatedly raised about his future with the Parisian team, and whether the player was on his way to return to Barcelona or move to another team such as Real Madrid.

Neymar made headlines because of his actions outside the stadium instead of inside. After weeks of speculation about his move from Saint-Germain, the Brazilian star is still a player on his French team.

The player also defended himself against allegations of rape, as well as receiving a guest star role in one of the series.

What remains most certain is that 2019 represents a year of forgetfulness for Neymar, who has not presented anything worthy of mention in the green rectangle, whether with Saint Germain or with "Seleção".