The Brazilian youngster is under the radar of a lot of European big guns, but recently he claimed that he might stay at Santos beyond 2014.
The Brazilian wonder kid, Neymar, was a target to a lot of big European clubs including http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, Real Madrid and PSG. However, in a recent statement, the 20-year-old admitted that he might stay in the South
American club even beyond the expiry date of his contract.
Neymar was considered to be on the top of the wish list created by Barcelona and Real Madrid.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 and Gonzalo Higuain scoring freely for Los Blancos, Jose Mourinho is looking forward to adding another striker to his ranks.
The Argentinean star, Gonzalo Higuain, is expected to leave the Spanish club in the near future and Neymar seems like a suitable replacement for the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/River-Plate-c40368 striker.
In fact, it will be safe to say that Neymar will be a better replacement for the Argentinean goal scoring machine.
However, Madrid faced competition with Barcelona also eyeing the Brazilian talent. The Spaniards faced Neymar in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup 2012, which they eventually won against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c40446 and were crowned as champions.
The Spanish giants have been reportedly lining up bids for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Neymar-c27639 time and time again and even though there have been a lot of rumours surrounding the youngster’s transfer to the Catalan giants, all such rumours have been put to rest as Neymar himself recently
claimed that he ‘might’ stay in Brazil even beyond 2014.
"The chances [of staying] are high because I love Santos, wearing the shirt and being in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858," the 20-year-old attacker told Radio Estadao ESPN.
"Of course, I have a dream of playing in Europe, but nothing is impossible. In 2014 we can sit down and talk to see whether I will stay."
Footballing pundits believe that Neymar needs to go to Europe in order to show his full potential and become the Ballon d’Or winner and with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 in the ranks of Barcelona, Neymar might learn a lot from the best player in the world.
However, Neymar has downplayed all such notions and believes that he does not have to be a part of European football in order to get recognized as the best player.
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