to add another variable to this, the guy is already 24. there is a lot of talk of when he enters his "prime" but age wise, i'd say it's already here. he was dazzling europe only a few months earlier but that level seems to have dropped noticeably. it's obviously his prerogative how he shapes his career but if he wants to be remembered as an all time great, then the time for play is now, party later.
That's not the way it works with Brazilians.