Former Paris Saint-Germain right-back Thomas Meunier expressed his admiration for his former team-mate Neymar on Winamax TV. In his customary freewheeling tone, he clearly put the Brazilian on a pedestal (Comments transcribed by us).
Meunier “The best player I’ve seen in my entire life is Neymar”.
The best player I’ve ever seen in my life is Neymar. I had the honor of playing with Neymar. He represents exactly what I started playing soccer for, in the range of Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and all those Brazilians. When I was a kid, I never watched Cafu.
I never turned on the TV and said to myself p* I’m going to see Cafu. I want to see him make a tackle along the line, and I respect him, he’s probably the best right-back of all time, but I didn’t watch a soccer match for him.
Meunier “When you go on Youtube to see great moves, 75% of the videos are of Neymar”.
I watched because I saw Rivaldo Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Beckham, all those guys who had something extra. Neymar had everything, he’s always had everything. He’s the kind of guy who makes you give 100%. When you go on Youtube to watch great moves, 75% of the videos are of Neymar and the rest are of 15 players competing for the other compilations.
It’s hard to talk about Neymar, but he offers something to soccer that other players rarely have. It’s a pity he couldn’t hold on to the prestigious Ballon d’Or for good.
