Neymar choses Manchester United over Juventus
Neymar Jr., or most commonly known as
Neymar, has rejected
Juventus, in order to join
Manchester United, to work under the management of the legendary
Sir Alex Ferguson. After both teams bidded for the player,
Santos accepted both
£38 million bids and left the player and his agent,
Diego Diniz Santos, to decide where his future would hold.
As for
Pavel Nedved, the
Juventus manager had lauded
Neymar throughout these past months and will be both mad and disappointed not to have secured his signature. However,
Neymar publicly stated that ‘
Nedved’s comments do not matter’ after a series of interesting comments made by the manager. Before
Neymar wrote his transfer request, he stated that he would prefer not to move to
Italy, which is perhaps a reason why he chose
United over
Juventus.
Neymar
One of the last goals Neymar scored for Santos.
That seems to be the only logical reason, as
Juventus are fresh of winning the
Serie A, Coppa Italia, Champions League and Italian Super Cup, while
Manchester United scraped to the
Premier League title this season.
It also seems weird from Neymar to accept
United’s contract offer over
Juve’s, as club officials stated that the player was offered a whopping contract of
£150,000 p/w, with additional bonuses, which included a
£6 million fee loyalty and another similar fee to his agent. This would’ve make Neymar the highest paid player in
Juventus’s history.
When
Nedved was asked of the rejection of the
Brazilian player, he only said,”It’s a shame that
Neymar chose
United over
Juventus, who are a team that will fall off their perch if they don’t find a good replacement for
Sir Alex Ferguson. Not other than that, but
Neymar would’ve suited our game, and it definitely doesn’t suit
United’s.” The manager, fuming, left the conference, which is his first since he became manager last year.
Sir Alex Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson before announcing Neymar to the press as an official United player.
Whether
Neymar will be ruing his decision to reject
Juventus will be followed up closely by the media…