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‘Neymar has it in him to rival Messi & Ronaldo’ – Madrid & Barca talk no surprise to former Santos president

Neymar has the potential to rival Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, says former Santos president Marcelo Teixeira, with it no surprise to find him at the centre of a transfer tussle involving Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The Brazil international is currently on the books of Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain, having completed a record-breaking €222 million (£200m/$262m) switch to France in the summer of 2017.

Prior to that, he had spent four years at Camp Nou and generated talk of interest from the Santiago Bernabeu.