In the coming days, Neymar will end a rocky few months with some good news: a new four-year Paris Saint-Germain contract worth hundreds of millions, tying him to a place where he finally seems content.
At last, some stability for a superstar who will never escape the spotlight that started with his status as Brazil's wonderboy and escalated when he became the world's only £200million footballer.
Every summer since Neymar arrived in Paris, the talk has been of a move back to Spain: Barcelona or Real Madrid.
More recently, he's lost a Champions League final with PSG and faced criticism for his off-the-field behaviour.