Neymar should have won the Ballon d'Or five times, so says Gianluigi Buffon. (More Football News)
Italജy great Buffon played alongside Neymar at Paris Saint-Germain fܫor a season in 2018-19.
Neymar joined PSG in a world-record transfer from Barcelon♔a in 2017, but was unable to drive the French club to their maiden Champions L♑eague trophy.
He left in 2023 to join Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia, but has hardly featured for the Asian 🔴giants. He is back on the sidelines due to a hamstring issue, having only just returned from a year-long lay-off after sustaining an anterior crucial ligament (ACL) injury.
Neymar was tipped for greatness wh﷽en he moved to Europe from Santos, but despite a glittering career, especially at Barcelona, he never has managed to win the Ba💯llon d'Or.
And thatꦉ is som༺ething that upsets his former club-mate Buffon.
"It's hard ✨to pickܫ a rival," Buffon told Corriere della Sera
"I've played against three generations: Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andres Iniesta… Choo🌊se one? Neymar.
"For the player he is and the person he is, he should have won five Ballons d'Or.&🐻quot;
Even at PSG, Neymar was often overshadowed🧔 by Kylian Mbappe.
When Messi joined that deadly duo in 2021, meanwhile, the trio couꦦld not have the impact on the European stage that PSG's Qatari owners would have wished forꦆ.
