Al-Nassr are hopeful of securing the companies of Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha while Manchester City stars Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez are needed by Saudi clubs. Alexis Sanchez, Iago Aspas and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang might additionally make the move out to the Middle East. At his official unveiling, he left the way forward for the French star up within the air.

After scoring 14 objectives in 42 appearances, he joined Atletico Madrid for €4m, representing a small profit for Barca on a player who signed as a free agent from Lyon. Alonso joined free of charge from Chelsea and adds versatility across the backline, whereas he has performed extra at centre-back than in his pure left-back position. The only questionable aspect of his signing lies in whether or not his wage is important at a time when wage cuts are wanted and an in-house teen may have carried out his function. The Colombian was hardly seen in a Barcelona shirt, but a strong 2018 World Cup allowed the club to make some huge cash on his departure.

At the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, he led the Brazilian men’s side to its first Olympic gold medal, scoring the profitable penalty in further time of the ultimate match against Germany. On 28 November, Neymar scored his 50th objective in Ligue 1, changing a penalty in PSG's 2–2 draw against Bordeaux. This made him the fastest player within the club's historical past to achieve 50 league targets, doing so in solely 58 matches. Four days later, on 2 December, he scored two goals in a 3–1 Champions League victory in opposition to Manchester United at Old Trafford.

On July 4, 2014, minutes earlier than Brazil won its quarterfinal match in opposition to Colombia, Neymar was carried from the sphere in a stretcher in tears of agony after breaking a bone in his again resulting from a problem by Colombia’s defender Juan Zuniga. With their star player sidelined, Brazil's hope for the World Cup title was dashed after they lost their semifinal match to Germany, 7-1. In 2011, the flashy forward produced what could be voted the FIFA Goal of the Year and led Santos to its first Copa Libertadores championship in 48 years. However, he additionally started to experience the backlash that accompanies fame. Neymar was criticized for his play during Brazil's quarterfinals loss in the 2011 Copa America match, and was scolded in the media for fathering a baby out of wedlock. In it, the club agreed to pay 10 million euros instantly to a company arrange by Neymar’s mother and father, after which 30 million more once Neymar signed with Barcelona at the end of his Santos contract in 2013.

Neymar scored his first full international hat-trick on 10 September 2012, in an 8–0 win over China at the Estádio José do Rego Maciel in Recife. On 19 September, Neymar scored the winner towards Argentina in a 2–1 win in the first leg of the 2012 Superclásico de las Américas at the Estádio Serra Dourada in Goiânia, Brazil. He posted a picture of a private plane on new social media app Threads, which he captioned "Party season 23/24", with a French flag emoji.

In 2017, Time included him in its annual record of the a hundred most influential folks in the world. In 2018, France Football ranked Neymar the world's third highest-paid footballer. The following year, Forbes ranked him the world's third highest-paid athlete, dropping a spot to fourth in 2020. Neymar has made a massive trace about the place he might be taking part in his club football next season. You need an accountancy degree to work out the exact numbers concerned in Emerson's fleeting stick with Barcelona. Real Betis and Barca paid €6m every for 50% of his financial rights to deliver the Brazilian to Europe in 2019.

An attraction was denied in 2016, and that year a Brazilian court docket additionally discovered Neymar responsible of having falsified paperwork to be able to keep away from paying taxes on earnings acquired in 2011–13. The player and his father have been also known as into Spanish courtroom after an investment fund that had sponsored him alleged that it had been defrauded throughout his 2013 transfer to Barcelona. Neymar has always been a player who divides opinion, and Barca wants everyone pulling in the identical course if they hope to win one other La Liga title next season. Following their failure to convey Lionel Messi back to the membership this summer, Barcelona had been provided a possibility to re-sign one other of their former superstars in the type of Neymar.

Neymar inherited his unbelievable soccer talent from his father, Neymar Santos Sr, who was knowledgeable soccer player.His father pushed him to be the most effective and finally became his agent. His family consists of his parents and his sister Rafaella, with whom he has an in depth relationship. In August 2011, Neymar and his former girlfriend Carolina Dantas had a son and named him David Lucca. He is an avid Christian and has many tattoos that symbolize his religion, family, and historical past.