Neymar: “I had moments when I wanted to stop playing”

Of: Makoto Asahara

Published: January 16, 2021 at 11:29 p.m.

Photo: David Vincent / TT NEWS AGENCY

Neymar.

Neymar is a star who evokes emotions, reactions and sometimes also critical voices.

Voices that Neymar recognizes have influenced him throughout his career.

– I have had moments when I wanted to stop playing, says the Brazilian star to the Gaffer newspaper.

No one can question the fact that 28-year-old Brazilian star Neymar has had a successful career and is one of the most outstanding soccer players in the world.

At the same time, Neymar has been a player who also often received a fair amount of criticism during his career, for everything from being arrogant and conceited to falling too easily in duels.

“I wondered why”

In a long interview with the Gaffer newspaper, Neymar assures that all the criticisms also affected him during his career in Santos, Barcelona, ​​Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazilian team.

– I will never lose my passion for football, but I have had moments when I wanted to stop playing, says Neymar.

– Once he got so far that I wondered why he would keep playing if people didn’t like him. I used to go home in a bad temper and then remember everything I did to get here. The love of football and all these things calmed me down and brought me back to reality.

“What matters to me”

The PSG star goes on to claim that most of the criticism still flows from him.

– The real me, the real Neymar, is known by my family, the people who work with me and my friends. They know me and it’s their opinions that matter to me. What happens on the soccer field is also something that only those who play the game can understand and those who have never played can never understand. As simple as that.

Published: January 16, 2021 at 11:29 p.m.

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