With the departure of Thiago Silva almost given by official, the Brazilian clan of Paris Saint-Germain will be reduced to become a couple. Inside they will continue to have weight but this summer they will stop being a group and only Marquinhos and Neymar will be there. In short, the striker is practically alone.
Since he arrived, the presence of Brazilians in the dressing room has been decreasing. In 2017, Captain Thiago Silva had a good number of compatriots in the team with the aforementioned Marquinhos, Thiago Motta, Lucas Moura and the two new Dani Alves and Neymar himself, good friends who coincided for years in Barcelona and in the selection.
“I came for the ambition of the club. And for my friends too, I am not a hypocrite”
Dani Alves
What influence did this have on Ney's decision? It seems that not a little as Alves himself explained at Le Parisien in 2017. “I came because of the club's ambition. And for my friends too, I'm not a hypocrite, because I have many in the locker room “, He recognized and assumed some guilt to convince 'Ney' to change Barcelona for Paris. “I knew that he wanted other things and that he wanted to leave Barcelona. I knew his intentions from the concentration with Brazil. We are both passionate about challenges and news. I told Neymar that he was free to do it. But he began to hesitate when he joined to the preseason with Barcelona. At that time I told myself that we could not play together again if it was not at Barcelona. But in the end it worked. He came and I am very happy, “said the now Sao Paulo player.
That happiness of Alves and Neymar upon arrival contrasts with the current situation in which the Brazilian tries to be active, passive and without hiding to return to FC Barcelona where he left two of his best friends and partners, Messi and Luis Suárez. Also Piqué, who would not be surprised if he already thinks of a good Instagram post to compensate himself for that 'He stays' if finally the Parisian 10 is again the 11 Blaugrana. Arthur also has a good relationship and the club, as an entity, also values the return.
Tracks in networks
Neymar is one of the players who quickly understood the importance of social media. The Brazilian, like any twenty-year-old, always leaves clues on his Instagram of his closest friends and, as far as the club is concerned, there he appears Kylian Mbappé.
Far from other stages where there was talk of egos and friction with the club due to the difference in treatment between the two, the two leaders of the Parisian dressing room show in their networks their good relationship both on and off the pitch. Joint goal celebrations that end up becoming publications with thousands of 'likes' or photos at events they go to together. The relationship is good but it is not all tied to the continuity of either one. Real Madrid and Barcelona are always attentive to what happens in Paris.