In 2021—the identical yr that Messi signed with PSG—Neymar agreed to a contract extension that committed him to PSG until 2025. Neymar, Mbappé, and Messi turned some of the formidable front lines in all of football. In the final against Germany at the Maracanã in Rio on 20 August, Neymar opened the scoring with a free-kick after 27 minutes. The sport finished 1–1 after Max Meyer equalised in the second-half.

On 30 November, Neymar was shortlisted for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or alongside Messi and Ronaldo, and subsequently got here third. The front three of Messi, Suárez and Neymar finished the season with 131 targets, breaking the report that they had set the earlier 12 months for many goals by an attacking trio in a single season. In May, the closing month of the season, Neymar scored the last goal in a 3–0 win against Bayern Munich within the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. A week later, he scored each the staff's targets in a 3–2-second leg defeat on the Allianz Arena to make sure Barça would qualify for the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final. He also opened the scoring with a header in a 2–0 league win versus Real Sociedad, a result which gave Barça a four-point lead over Real Madrid with solely two matches remaining.

Brazil beat Germany 5–4 on penalties, and Neymar scored the successful penalty to convey Brazil its first Olympic gold medal in men's football. Both during and previous to the event, he had been subjected to criticism over his conduct on and off the pitch, with a number of former Brazil gamers suggesting that he was not match to captain the national team. Neymar subsequently renounced the captaincy following their Olympic victory. On 6 June 2015, Neymar scored the third goal for Barça within the 3–1 Champions League Final defeat of Italian champions Juventus at Berlin's Olympiastadion, guaranteeing the membership gained its fifth European Cup. This made Barcelona the primary club in history to win the treble of home league, domestic cup and European Cup twice.

However, Neymar had been weighing up his possibilities of being the most effective participant on the planet and knew this was changing into extra problematic. There were a number of reasons behind Neymar's choice to think about a future elsewhere, but one major second that sparked this sequence of events was when Lionel Messi signed a brand new contract at Barca to extend his keep till 2021. One thing that puzzled virtually everyone, although, was why the player would come to such a choice.

The young Brazilian is in one of the best moment of his career and everything he touches seemingly turns to gold, his type of play is flashy but efficient, true to the Brazilian soccer type. But Neymar has a rating to settle in Russia 2018 and all of the instruments in his arsenal to settle it. The stage is set this summer; all that’s left to see is that if Neymar is the person to ship and lead his country to a record sixth World Cup trophy. In a pleasant atmosphere and with the presence of young gamers, Paris Saint-Germain gamers made their return in small groups, whereas the internationals are expected to hitch the group on July 17. However, among the many acquainted faces that confirmed up throughout this session, Neymar was unquestionably the focal point. According to L’Équipe, the primary tests that Neymar has undergone since his ankle injury have cast doubt over his return to the top degree.

“I love Juan Luis very much however proper now we want to take time for ourselves and our careers so that we will proceed to grow as artists and people,” Natalia said in a statement at the time. In an interview with on the Mexican show Windowing after her break up, Natalia denied that her friendship with Neymar was the rationale for her breakup with Maluma. “He is a superb good friend and I don’t know why the media thinks we’re together, just because we did a photograph shoot, I adore him, he’s a great person, he’s a great friend, he’s at all times been a great man and he’s a fantastic individual in my life,” she stated. She also responded to rumors that Maluma’s music “Hawai” was written about her and how she left him for Neymar.

It remains to be seen if he features in opposition to Le Havre on 21 July, in the club’s first pre-season friendly. Neymar Jr, who returned to Paris from his holiday in Brazil on Sunday will follow a specific plan to ensure that the ankle harm he suffered in February, which forced him to undergo surgery because of ligament harm, heals. On Monday he underwent checks and from Tuesday he will practice on his own. Neymar and model Natalia Barulich met in February 2018 when Natalia’s boyfriend at the time, Colombian singer Maluma, performed at Neymar’s twenty sixth birthday party. Natalia and Maluma broke up in October 2019 after two years together.

In three years at Barcelona, Neymar scored sixty eight La Liga objectives and 21 in Champions League competitors. In August 2017, he left Spain for France, signing a deal with Paris Saint-Germain. In his first season, he was voted the Ligue 1 Player of the Year, and the subsequent season he led PSG to the first of three consecutive league titles. Neymar was raised about 25 miles east of São Paolo, and as he rose via the football ranks he stayed especially shut together with his father. He also grew to become enamored with futsal, and credits the indoor recreation with serving to him hone his expertise, especially the talents to assume quickly and maneuver in tight areas. Six years later, he signed his first professional contract with the club.