Fascinating how in the space of 18 months, football’s elite Franco-Spanish landscape can change so much, with de-stabilization helped in no small way by the world pandemic.
At the beginning of the period, it looked like Neymar was on his way out of PSG, with Barcelona his likely destination. Then enter Real Madrid just to add further complexity and all of a sudden the Brazilian, with his ‘heart set on a move to beloved Barca’, also began considering a future in white.
It looked at that time like Neymar’s least desirable point in the triangle was the French capital.