Vicente del Bosque is not a good idea, if Barcelona would try and Neymar to return to Catalonia, to take, bear in mind that it tends to crop up. That said a well-respected ex-coach of Real Madrid and the Spanish national team to El Mundo Deportivo, the ‘newspaper’ of the champions league semi-final.

“He’s a bit of a hard case. I don’t think he’s a good role model. However, I think it’s for the sake of clarity, however, is a very good player,” said the 69-year-old Del Bosque, who is with Spain’s world and European champion with Real twice, and the uefa Champions League and won it. “If you ask me who the best five players in the world, then he will certainly be on the list. But on the field he is trying to cheat, he will be playing a lot of arena. And it is also the way in which he is Barcelona’s left…”

Neymar stepped in to at least 2017 after a lot of soap for a recordsom of 222 million euros from Barcelona to PSG. Last year, it was the Brazilian striker’s connection with his old club, linked to, and traveled with a delegation of the Barcelona and even into Paris, with the Qatari owners of PSG to negotiate.

According to the Spanish media this summer, a new initiative from Barcelona for Neymar is to join Real Madrid, his former spitsbroeder would like to see a return to the Nou Camp.

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