Real Madrid has always been happy to recruit great young talents from all over the world, but the club has a special affinity for Brazilian players, ...
Gareth Bale at Real Madrid would not have been a possibility if Neymar had opted to play for the Whites. If Neymar had decided to join Real Madrid’s youth academy on that day in 2006, he would not only have transformed the club’s dynamics, but the club would have turned him into a new player as well. A fair value tendency would have prevailed in the market as it had previously, and Paris Saint-Germain’s conduct would not have occurred. Neymar would have made history if he accepted to play for Real Madrid in the future. If Neymar had merely stayed, the dynamics of the game would not have changed at all. What if he never went to Barcelona and instead climbed to the Brazilian throne at Real Madrid?