Neymar enters the campaign

Neymar has never left Barça. His flight through the braves and 222 million to Paris in the summer of 2017 was a stab for the fans, but no one can deny that, with all that the character entailed, good and bad, the team lost joy with his goodbye. The first, his friend Messi. Since then, there are two opposing paths in Barcelona. Those who think that under no circumstances should I return, less with the number of lawsuits that a player has filed against the club, which also cost Barça the first judicial sentence in its history. But also those who think that he should return because his football and his charisma filled and will fill.

But although Neymar has never left the Barça environment, nobody expected him to enter the electoral race. Less, after the talks for his return in the summer of 2019 failed. It seemed that that, more in these times of pandemic, had been the last real opportunity to return to Barça. But no. Neymar has entered the electoral race and, moreover, dividing. While the candidate Víctor Font, leader of the Yes to the Future platform, has assured that the Brazilian will never wear the Barça shirt again if he is president (“he left us stranded”), Emili Rousaud, the resigned former vice president who accused of “ put your hand in the box ”to Bartomeu's work team before leaving, surprised everyone yesterday at the presentation of the candidacy announcing that Neymar is part of his plans. At least, in 2022, which is when his against Paris Saint Germain ends. “He has contacted his environment. The filing of lawsuits against the club does not facilitate their return in any case, but Neymar has the wickedness to join a club like ours. We are with the idea that his return to Barcelona will be forged. Last year, he already had the intention of returning ”.

Rousaud wanted to clarify that the signing, today, is unaffordable with a view to June 2021. But it is clear that he is in his project. “We are in the preliminaries for him to return.”

It will be interesting the response of the rest of the candidates to the Ordago of Rousaud with Neymar. Of course, the former vice president has made a strategic move. On Neymar you had to get wet and, although for many sectors it is unpopular, he says yes. Who knows if that yes goes hand in hand with another bigger yes, that of Messi.