Brazil sans Neymar?
Brazil’s star footballer Neymar has demanded sale of a fellow footballer Cavani from Paris Saint Germain, which a sportsman cannot do. What happened in their match against Olympic Leo should have been deleted from heart and mind in the team’s interest. But Naymar did not do that, rather has aggravated the environment demanding end of Cavani’s career with PSG. The result is that the coach excluded Neymar from the squad against Montpellier on Saturday to earn a goalless draw.
Whereas what the does the Brazilian earn as salary? A report from Football Leaks and Der Spiegel claim that Neymar earns a whopping €3,069,520 euros a month at PSG. It means about €100,000 euros a day-that is almost €37 million annually. The report also states that Neymar asked Barcelona to pay him €3.65 million on August 1. The Leak also claims that PSG may have to pay a fee of €242 million to Barcelona for the purchase of Neymar
This is not the first case, but continuation of the past. He could not play for Brazil against Germany in the World Cup semifinals in 2014, a year later in the Copa America Championship-years of flop. We fear that Naymar may lose his temper and patience in the World Cup next year to disintegrate team’s integrity for a disaster results. So, Coach Tite should work to build a team capable of wining cup sans Naymar. Still, there are six months in hands.
Abdullah Amer
Dhaka
