Neymar & PSG: Was it all worth it?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 16 August 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic's Peter Rutzler and Carl Anka, French football writer Tom Williams and Brazilian football correspondent Renato Senise, to reflect on Neymar's move to Saudi Arabia...
The panel assess his PSG legacy, after six years in the French capital and the world-record transfer fee, that represented a watershed moment for the sport.
Plus, how he is viewed back in Brazil and if Neymar remains a truly generational talent or a case of talent unfulfilled?
Produced by Adonis Pratsides
Additional Production: Mike Stavrou & Jay Beale
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:04.8 | Neymar's 222 million transfer to Paris Saint-Gamein made him the most expensive player in history. |
| 0:11.3 | It is done. Namar is on his way to PSG. The release clause activated. 222 million euros. |
| 0:18.0 | The move was meant to elevate the club and the player to the very top and win |
| 0:21.5 | the greatest prizes in the game. Now 31, Neymar is off to the Saudi Pro League, the next step |
| 0:28.2 | in a career that divides opinion. A generational talent, genius, or is it a case of talent |
| 0:34.7 | unfulfilled? Let's find out. I'm Ayahu Akim Wollaire. |
| 0:38.3 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:47.0 | Namar. |
| 0:48.6 | Rodriguez returns it. |
| 0:50.4 | Namar. |
| 0:51.2 | They're walking their way through. |
| 0:53.0 | Namar! |
| 0:58.0 | That's what we've been waiting for! |
| 1:08.0 | Oh, ho! Ho! Ho! Oh, why do we get started with this one? This is an absolutely beautiful subject. I love Brazil. I love talking Neymar the studio. We have Pete Rutzler, our PSC |
| 1:12.7 | correspondent. He's back with us again, also joined by French football writer Tom Williams and Brazilian |
| 1:17.9 | football writer Renato Senise. We'll catch up with the athletics, Carl Anka, a little later on, as well. |
| 1:23.2 | Let's dig into this. Let's start by getting the latest on where we are at the time of recording. |
| 1:29.1 | Pete, another footballing casualty heads to Saudi Arabia. But looking at the ever-changing |
| 1:33.5 | geopolitical influences in football right now, is there any surprise that Namar is heading to Saudi Arabia? |
| 1:39.5 | No, I suppose he's sort of the symbol, isn't he? If we go back to 2017, he was that big statement |
| 1:44.1 | of intent from PSG's Qatari backers. |
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