Quote from: mikel_012 on June 18, 2025, 02:38:56 AM

Quote from: rdluffy on June 18, 2025, 01:20:48 AM

I saw some news here: https://ge.globo.com/sp/santos-e-regiao/futebol/times/santos/noticia/2025/06/17/neymar-diz-que-ficou-perto-de-defender-o-fluminense-na-copa-do-mundo-de-clubes.ghtml
This source is in portuguese only guys

Neymar said that he almost signed with Fluminense for the Club World Cup that is taking place now but that he preferred to stay in Santos to train and improve his fitness
The article also mentions that Neymar's father, who is also his manager, went to Miami to listen to some offers from European teams
I think it will depend on which team will make him an offer or whether he stays in Santos.

What are your bets for Neymar?
Stay at Santos or go to a European team?

I think Santos. Right now Neymar father seems to want to make Santos work around Neymar so there is no reason to join a European team where he will just be a player and nothing more. Just with marketing in the brazilian market they can earn a lot more money. Even buy part of Santos to try to make it shine again.

The way Neymar is playing now, he will get hurt and do nothing for weeks if he goes to a serious team.

But I was very surprised to see that he almost joined Fluminense

Me neither, I never imagined Neymar would be interested in playing for Fluminense. But apparently, the contract renewal is stuck. Neymar’s father didn’t like the proposal (a performance-based contract) and started looking for other clubs to hear offers. I think Neymar is a risky signing at this point, no club in their right mind is going to pay his high salary without at least some guarantee of sporting return.