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WATCH: Neymar Beat Five Juventus Defenders To Score Brilliant Goal

WATCH: Neymar Beat Five Juventus Defenders To Score Brilliant Goal

Not bad for a player who is desperate to leave the club.

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

Normally when a club really want a player and he really wants to leave his current team he will find a way to sit out the next pre-season fixture. Neymar on the other hand managed to embarrass one of the best defensive teams in the world.

When the first rumours hit that PSG were ready to bid the near £200 million that it would take to activate the transfer release clause on Neymar's contract I couldn't help but feel cynical, no matter how many people reported it.

We have, after all, been here before with Neymar and with other teams. The seemingly impossible but just about plausible transfer gets reported and then not long after the player has a new contract.

Messi Neymar Thumbnail
Messi Neymar Thumbnail

Who would leave the warm embrace of the other two members of 'MSN?' Image: PA

But then noise started getting louder that the Brazilian was on his way out of the Camp Nou and on his way to the French capital. There was even a motive, to get out of Lionel Messi's shadow and become the best player on earth, there's some flaws to that theory but okay.

Such was the strength of the reports that on Friday it looked like the deal could be struck this weekend however last night the former Santos forward didn't exactly look like a man who wanted to leave Barca as he scored twice past Juve, including this worldie:

Credit: Premier Sports

And if Neymar has been worried about walking out from the shadow of five time Ballon d'Or winner Messi then he made a pretty good fist of it in the International Champions Cup game.

The 25 year-old scored both of the Spanish side's goals as they ran out 2-1 winners over the Old Lady, in a match that Messi played well in but no one could get near Neymar.

Neymar terrorising Juve's defence. Image: PA

The Old Lady were starting to post Bonucci era and had Andrea Barzagli and Medhi Benatia at centre back as Max Allegri went for a back four but they weren't good enough to stop Neymar.

If he plays consistently like this he won't have to worry about moving.

Then again if he plays like that for PSG every week they'll have made a very good signing, even with the price.

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