Barcelona FC recently won the race over their Spanish rivals Real Madrid to the signature of Brazilian superstar Neymar.
The former Santos player, who cost the club just over $80 million will join the likes of Iniesta, Xavi and current four-time Ballon d’Or Messi at the Catalan giants next season.
The big question is whether Messi and Neymar, two of the world’s best attacking talents in their own rights, can work together.
This past week, Neymar has been showing the world his sublime talents at the Confederations Cup for his nation, Brazil. For football supporters who do not follow the South American leagues, this has been their first opportunity to witness his skill, and he has certainly impressed.
Three goals in as many matches during the group stages of the tournament, and claiming man of the match honours in each of these matches, has certainly got the football world noticing this young Brazilian. He is clearly performing for his country, but can he perform for Barcelona next season?
Neymar is used to being the star of the show, firstly for his nation as we are all witnessing, and secondly at his former club Santos. 54 goals in just 103 matches for the Brazilian club proves that he is a clinical finisher.
As well as his goal scoring ability, he has a skill set that any young footballer would dream of having, and can be witnessed with just a quick search on Youtube.
The 21-year-old has decided that now is the time to test himself in Europe and he will get to play alongside Lionel Messi. The Argentinian, who needs no introducing, is widely regarded as the best player in the world.
He has been the star of the show of the almighty Barcelona side since the departure of Ronaldinho back in 2008, and has taken the club to an all new level. Champions League titles, La Liga titles, Copa del Reys, and many more footballing honours have been won in those five years.
So can two players who are used to being the main player of their respective clubs play together? Only time will tell, but we have seen in the past that two dominant forwards struggle to play together.
We saw how both Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres, when they were both at Chelsea, were too similar in the way they played. This caused the managers at the London-based club to not name both players in the starting line-up.
This may also happen at Barcelona with these two South-American forwards if things don’t work out, particularly at the start of the season while the two discover a way to play together.
For the sake of all football supporters, barring maybe the Real Madrid fans, I hope these two footballing geniuses can both play on the same field as each other to entertain us all for the years to come. Bring on the highlights!
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