The rise of the teenager seems unstoppable, while the Brazilian suddenly finds himself under question after a tough World Cup experience
When Edinson Cavani tried to claim the rights to a penalty from Neymar against Lyon just a matter of weeks into the Brazilian’s Paris Saint-Germain adventure, it led to a fit of pique from the younger man and an ugly on-field tug-of-war that was to define his first months in the French capital.
Now Neymar finds himself in the midst of an inadvertent arm wrestle for something greater than just the right to a free shot at goal from 12 yards; his pride is on the line as Kylian Mbappe threatens to usurp him as PSG’s superstar forward.