i couldn't care less if he was a clown, a criminal , or the pope himself OUTSIDE the pitch .. what matters is what he delivers Inside the pitch , and he does a great job for Fc Bacelona so far .. great news if he's renewing , when you build a squad for the futur, you build it around a forward ( messi , CR , henry , ronaldinho etcs .. ) Neymar should be the pivot of whatever plan we have for the future.
I don't care about Messi being a fraud as long as Messi is Messi.
If Raki would have idiotic posts or instagram photos, who cares, as long as he plays and works hard.
But, you see, half of Barca's fans think that Neymar is the 3rd best player in the world, our future leader, the next big thing, the next big everything.
Other half (or whatever percentage of our fans) already have huge doubts over Neymar's Barca's career or about his potential (his potential ruined by his celebrity persona and off field distractions).
So, in short, to understand both sides of the story, there are fans:
1. who think that Ney is the next Ballon D Or winner
2. plus, since he is so good and he will bring us tons of trophies, those fans don't care about his off field controversies
On the other hand, you have Barca's fans:
1. who don't think that his on field impact is as good as some think, and we expected way more for him
2. especially when we paid 100+ Millions on wages, on court's penalties, to his dad, Ney's insane wages and new improved wages
3. add to everything that if we had to pick the most annoying Barca's player or who does the highest amount of mistakes which we wouldn't like to see (fighting with everyone, provoking everyone, acting like a dick in general, idiotisms on instagram and everywhere, partying too hard)
So, you see, I DO think that Messi is also a fraud regarding taxes.
But since he is delivering on a field, I don't care about him being a fraud too much currently.
You see, Suarez has bitten people in the past.
That's horrible.
But since he has improved in that area, since he hasn't caused new problems and since he is so devoted on a field, we don't care about his mistakes too much currently.
About Ney, it is explained above.
And there is no need to entering the same old debate all the time where one side will say:
1. but he is the best young player in the world
2. tell me, who is better than him as a LW?
3. he is future Ballon D Or winner after Messi's and CR7' era
While others will reply:
1. he has awesome matches, Months and moments
But his first season was average.
His 2nd season was in general the best, even though he had a huge 2-3 Months spring break in League matches in a key part of a season.
In the 3rd season, he let down our team (at least that is my opinion) AGAIN in La liga during his spring break, but this time he has let team down even in a key CL matches.
So, you see, in eyes of some of us, he had one awesome season (2nd one, but even then he had a Fabregas-esque spring form, at least in La Liga).
In other 2 seasons he was just meh, with meh 1st season, and a 3rd season where he was awesome in autumn and invisible (due to mental reasons, partying too hard, lack of motivation) in spring.
In shortest, this is a problem with Neymar by some of us, I guess.
1. highest transfer fee in our history
2. on a field his seasons are hot and cold till now
3. off the field he is approaching a level of Cr7 and other clowns
And even if he was the most humble guy off the field, like Xavi or Puyol, I still wouldn't be pleased with his displays in Barca in these 3 seasons, considering that we invested already 200 Millions in him over 3 seasons.
200 Millions invested in Neymar is one of the reasons why we don't have (too much) money today for a RB, Cbs, LB or a 4th striker of a better quality.