The Bernabéu team was very close to signing Neymar. However, by the time it was all over, the Brazilian striker disappointed Real Madrid fans.
In March 2006, AS, through many sources close to him, confirmed that Neymar, then a 14-year-old boy, soon joined Real. This is similar to the story of Lionel Messi, who moved to Barcelona at the age of 13. However, the problems related to the Brazilian striker are more or less different.
At the time, Neymar was flying to Madrid with his father, Neymar Pai, and his agent Wagner Ribeiro. The super agent Saaa has managed to bring Robinho to the Bernabéu, and this time he wants to bet on Neymar with the Spanish representative.
The striker born in 1992 stayed in Madrid for 3 weeks. He went to the Castilla quarry and was quickly trained by the infantile A
Among the young talents of the time such as Dani Carvajal, Pablo Sarabia, Alex Fernandez, Fran Sol, Neymar was quick to reveal his talent. “Everybody agrees with making Neymar a club player. Our children also applaud him”, responded Gutiérrez excitedly.
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Usually when the academy welcomes new recruits, the kids get jealous. The first thing they said was: “This boy is not as good as everyone says.” But with Neymar, it’s a completely different story. “Coach, this kid is amazing. That’s great,” they exclaimed.
Neymar integrates quickly into the academy, plays well, scores a lot of goals. It seems that the Brazilian forward feels happy in Madrid. In an interview with ESPN, the South American talent could not hide his emotion: “It’s like a dream and Real still has a lot of things that aren’t real for me,” Neymar confided.
Going to Real, Neymar can meet the stars of the football town like Zinedine Zidane, Julio Baptista, the “fat” Ronaldo. On March 26, 2006, Neymar was invited to the Bernabéu to watch the game between Real and Deportivo. He really likes and wants to be attached to this place.
In a recent interview with MARCA, former Real Madrid sporting director Ramón Martínez shared the story of how the Spanish royal team once lost Neymar’s talent.
“Neymar spent 10 days training and testing at Real Madrid when he was 13 years old. At that time, Robinho’s agent, Wagner Ribeiro, told me about the Brazilian boy, but the problem was that he wasn’t. He is quite a demanding man when it comes to sending the boys who will train here, because he has paid for the trip of boys like Neymar to Real.
“We gave Neymar a test match against kids his age, and who would have thought a 13-year-old could dribble past everyone and score over and over again. Neymar was really a very special talent at that time.
Real Madrid does not agree to spend 60,000 euros for a talent like Neymar
“Then we had a party with the elders to discuss the future of the child, and in the end we were arranged to work with Neymar’s father on the issue of salary. months, the deadlines to sign the boy to play for Real, etc. Unfortunately, that story could not continue for a reason: Neymar’s mother demanded to buy a house worth 60,000 euros in Brazil and that request was not approved by Real. the signature is not complete.
However, Neymar’s father, Pai, later explained that the reason why his son rejected the royal team was because he felt sad, he lost the pure happiness of him during his time in Madrid. Neymar misses home, friends, family, Santos and even meals at home.
Neymar’s father does not believe that Real is the best place for his son to develop
Mr. Pai shared that it is not easy to turn down large amounts of money as well as a new life in Spain. Home see, Neymar wants to do what his heart wants. At that time, many people criticized the choice of the Brazilian striker. They think that this young talent lost the opportunity to dress the most prestigious giant in Europe. Or rather, Neymar has lost the opportunity to decide for the rest of his life.
Even so, Mr. Pai still believes in what his son is after. Money can’t buy happiness as they say. Along with him and Neymar, the Da Silva family follows in Brazil.