It's not exactly a secret that I have been the most vocal supporter of Neymar on this forum (probably) but this does not mean that I can't be objective.
I wrote some detailed posts about his behaviour, (which has not been a problem overall) and mentioned his controversies as well. (I think thsoe posts can be found between page 40-50).
First of all, I doubt that El Confidencials rumour is truth. That said there is no doubt that FC Barcelona are leading the race right now. This has always been my stance even when Estadao started reporting about his imminent move to Franco Madrid in the middle of September. There are many reasons for that (which also have been reported in both the Brazilian and Spanish press). One of the few are Rosell (who has the best control of the Brazilian football market together with AC Milan (especially their scouting system in that case), Neymar's constant praise of FCB, Alves's close friendship with Neymar (they are apparently really good friends) and Rosell's excellent friendship with Ribeiro.
About his behaviour and character. Those who have actually followed him would know that his past few controversies are behind him and have been that for a relatively long period.
Yes, he will need to change his playing style a bit, workout more and improve his work ethic (when he actually bothers to defend he is quite good at it and there is no doubt in my mind that he would be able to implement that aspect to his game relatively quickly).
Apart from those weaknesses his talent is really big and he is pretty much a complete player (as complete as you can be when you are 19 years old in terms of abilities of course)
To make it short, I find it hard to see why we should not be interested and who could do a potentially better job than him on the long run (I am also in favour of buying Neymar because he is very young and could last a long time in our club, unlike many of our recent buys (such as Henry, Villa, Ibra). Would like more Eto'o, Ronaldinho and Sánchez purchases (meaning very talented youngster who can potentially become world class players and who have proven their worth in their clubs instead of world class players who have 2-3 years left at the highest level)
Well this was not as short as I would have liked to, so apologies.
.Even his haircut is better. :thumbsup2:
