"Neymar is at Messi's level and better than Ronaldo, but he ruined his career"

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Botafogo president Durcesio Mello slammed the possible signing of Neymar. The president of the ‘Glorioso’ placed him at the level of Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, but admitted that he had already ruined his football career.

1 month ago
Rumours of Neymar's possible return to Santos are gaining momentum. However, the Brazilian star has not been the only team that has been linked with the Brazilian star. The last two to be mentioned have been Palmeiras and Botafogo, two of the Brazilian league giants.
However, in an interview for the channel ‘Resenha Alvinegra’, the Botafogo chief completely ruled out signing the former Barcelona star: "God forbid. Neymar is one of the best players I've ever seen, he's at Messi's level and he's much better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but he ruined his career, which culminated in this injury for a year and a bit".
In line with his counterpart, Leila Pereira, he also hit out at Neymar: "It is not acceptable that a reinforcement is not fit to play immediately. I take care of my players and decisions are also made on the basis of age and contract time. These are premises that I put in place when I took over. This is not a medical department.
"He's going to Santos, so there's no problem. Actually, I don't know, but ask there. He won't be coming here," said the 'Verdao' boss.

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