Whether he takes Di Maria's spot or not, Neymar can takeover from Ronaldo in the future.

Plus he will probably win the Ballon d'Or sometime in the future too.

So yeh, we can get Hazard or Gotze, but we should make Neymar our number 1 target.

Expecting someone to mention Jese sometime in this thread. Anyway, Cristiano isn't that old to say he'll be "replaced" unless he takes a massive dip in form and technique. Also, I don't think Neymar wants to come here anymore, if he ever wanted to come period...

We seriously don't need him right now! why are we so keen on spending money!

We need to stay with this current team at least for 3 years constantly!! unless urgent changes needed due to injury or severe bad form

I don't mind him staying at Santos till he comes to Real in the future, my only worry is that he will end up at Barca.

Yeh we might not need him now, but we certainly need to get him before another team does.

It's not exactly our choice is it?

hell go to either madrid or barca in 2014,thats for sure.its up to him since both of these clubs are really interested.If im correct Villa's contract expires in 2014,pedro will probably leave,i dont see him accepting being last in the pecking order.the main difference is that barcelona legitimately need him while you guys dont.

He hasn't been too impressive this season imo

He is still young but I don't think he is needed as much as people think, we have proven performers atm and I don't see where he would even fit in the team.

I think the jury is still out on this one

he hasnt been impressive this season aka his best season and the best season santos had since pele?

Ganso wrote:he hasnt been impressive this season aka his best season and the best season santos had since pele?

Isn't Santos 10th right now? Crimson is not talking about 2010... he's talking about 2011. Understand Brazil NT screwed a few games up... but Santos is 18pts back with a breakeven record (15 wins, 15 losses and 8 draws). Goal differential of zero.

And Neymar has 12 goals and 4 assists in 21 games... which is good tbh. But Benz and Higuain are around the 1.4-1.5 goals+assists ratio for every 90 mins. Di Maria is probably excellent there too. CR7 is in another stratosphere probably. Not sure if Neymar is there.

Well, Neymar is interesting because of his potential, we have debated before about this, and as a signing, guys like Hazard or Gotze would have stronger immediate impact.

If he is to go to barca, let's just hope he flops, or doesnt turn into a new ronaldinho

Meh the specter of Robinho still haunts the corridors of the Bernabeu... Neymar has great potential but I think that 2014 is a great Idea for him, personally. He can develop and come to Europe as a more polished article. He needs to mature both physically but more importantly mentally, so that he can truly handle the pressures of the Bernabeu and unleash is monumental talent...

Having said all that Jese and Sarabia will keep him on the bench!

@czy i swear,this is like the 5th time im saying this lol....Santos won the libertadores,its end of season for them.Its always like this for brazilian teams,the Libertadores is the biggest objective in the history of a club,when you win it,the teams are automatically classified for next season's libertadores.In July,they had already won it and Neymar/Ganso went to Copa America,Santos were too far from the title so they just gave up and started rotating players and when they did play their starting team there was no reason for them to go 100%.

I think you guys dont get this because its not something European clubs do,but its what most if not all clubs that win the libertadores do...rest their players.

about the stats,he has 31 goals in 49 games,the difference between him and benz is that he is normally the one creating play for him or other to score + he didnt have a single playmaker around him since ganso was injured for most of the season.

You also have to take in consideration that its rare for him to score more than 1-2 goals in a game,his goals are well distributed

31 goals in 49 games for a 19 year old is unparalleled.

you guys understand that it's not our choice but Neymar's?

Ganso, you're including all Brazil NT games and friendlies

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/132948/neymar-da-silva-santos-j%C3%BAnior?cc=5901

For Santos.... he has 29 games (all starts), 15 goals and 5 assists.

So what you're telling is that everyone just hangs out since July because they're automatically qualified for the equivalent of the CL and they don't care about league anymore? So Corinthians winning the league this year means nothing? I admit... i don't get it.

Not everyone,I said that the libertadores winners don't care about the league,Corinthians were eliminated from the libertadores in january.well yes I was counting his nt appearances.regardless,his club stats are already great

Neymar said he wants Barca to beat us in the Clasico. That, added with all the Barca praise over the past few weeks, pretty bloody well suggests he never wanted to come to us. He wants to go to Barca. So I hope he flops.

He'll eventually come, he says he wants Barca to defeat us because he has good friends in Barca (namely Alves)

But just wait til he gets more playing time with Marcelo, everyone loves marcelo, he'll be rooting for him every week and he will definately come to us. Who would pass up an opportunity to play with the great Marcelo?

I doubt he wants to go to Barca and be Messi's bxtch... Not just because Messi is a beast, but because Barca is catered to him

who knows what he'll want to do after the 2014 WC lol. That's over 2 years away... a lot of things change in 2 years.

sportsczy wrote:who knows what he'll want to do after the 2014 WC lol. That's over 2 years away... a lot of things change in 2 years.

Do you really think he will stay in Brazil until then? I mean contracts in the footballing world don't mean shit..