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Revealed: How Neymar made Ligue 1 opponents 'feel like kids' during PSG spell

Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain

Toulouse

Neymar stunned the footballing world when he made the switch from Barcelona to PSG in 2017. The French side <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/its-official-neymar-the-superstar-signs-for-psg-from-barcelona-for-222-million/1fmqjr6fxmrk8115xdoqswo6zr" target="_blank">smashed the world transfer record by activating his €222 million release clause</a> to bring the Brazilian to the French capital. Neymar went on to star for PSG, collecting a host of trophies, and going on to form a star-studded attack alongside Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Neymar spent six years with PSG but never managed to help the club realise their biggest ambition of winning the Champions League. The Brazilian regularly lit up the Parc des Princes with his dazzling talents<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/messi-fraud-neymar-hated-psg-crisis-fans-boo/blt39c34b5fc1af89b8" target="_blank"> but was also booed by supporters</a> during his time at the club and regularly came in for criticism. However, one of Neymar's former opponents in Ligue 1, Abdoul Camara, has revealed what is was like to face the Brazilian and has been full of praise for the ex-PSG star.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

The former Guingamp player said: "Neymar is best player I’ve ever played against. We felt like he wasn’t trying. He wasn’t playing the same football as us... We couldn’t do anything, really… We felt like spectators, like kids watching him.”

WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT NEYMAR

Neymar won 13 titles during his time with PSG, making 173 appearances for the Ligue 1 side and scoring 118 goals.

DID YOU KNOW?

Neymar is on the comeback trail after <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/brazil-al-hilal-neymar-surgery-acl-injury-miss-10-months/blta82acd9828a680e5" target="_blank">sustaining an ACL injury in 2023 that required surgery</a>. He's <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/neymar-return-date-revealed-flamengo-president-responds-brazil-superstar-surprise-transfer-admission/blt4b2786bb34aa77f3" target="_blank">expected to return to action for Saudi side Al-Hilal</a> in September, having made just five appearances for the club since his move from PSG in August 2023.

WHAT NEXT FOR NEYMAR

Revealed: How Neymar made Ligue 1 opponents 'feel like kids' during PSG spell | Goal.com

Neymar made his opponents &quot;feel like kids&quot; during his time in France playing for Paris Saint-Germain, according to a former Ligue 1 star.