Neymar signed the best start of his entire career

Never, in the fifteen seasons he accumulated in professional football, Neymar A campaign is off to a great start. His numbers, eight goals and six assists in five games, surpass those Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe the other two flagships of Paris Saint-Germain.

Before the start of the course, all eyes were on Mbappé. With his renewal being promoted and Real Madrid’s offer finally rejected, the French striker has the responsibility to be the benchmark for his team. With Messi missing last year’s battle and Neymar fading, the French international has clearly become a franchise player for the Nasser Al-Khelaïfi-led club.

And Mbappé did not start badly. Accumulate four goals in the first bars of the season. Messi even bettered his partner, with the same goal and two assists. But, the start of Neymar, crushed any record. He scored twice as much as both and provided more assists. Suddenly, he was the benchmark for Paris Saint-Germain, the unexpected party guest.

NEYMAR’S BEST START IN THIRTEEN YEARS

Since Neymar played his first season at Santos in 2009, in thirteen years he has not been able to accumulate those records in the first five games he played for his clubs. The stats don’t lie, but you have to add a nuance: he played only five times in the first five official games. For various reasons, the start of up to ten campaigns was missed.

Only in 2010 and 2013 with Santos, and in the 2013/14 season with Barcelona and in 2018/19 and 2022/23 with Paris Saint-Germain, was he ready to start from scratch. However, in the rest of the campaign, counting his first five games, he did not come close to the records he currently holds.

In fact, the numbers show that when Neymar focuses only on his club, doing the preseason and starting the season well, it is better than when he arrives late due to the extension of his vacation due to internationals promise or due to damage.

His second best start was in 2013, when he scored six goals and three assists in his first five games for Santos. Neymar chained the first five days of the Paulista Championship and scored a brace against Sao Bernardo and scored against Botafogo, Red Bull Bragantino and Sao Paulo.

In the 2017/18 campaign, his first with Paris Saint-Germain, he scored 5 goals and 5 assists between the second, third, fourth and fifth days of Ligue 1 and in the Champions League match he played against Celtic .

And, his third best start, he also signed it with Santos in 2010, when he celebrated 5 goals and contributed 2 goal passes. That time, he also started the season from scratch. He did not miss any of the first five games of the Brazilian team.

GOING FOR A RECORD FOR DI MARÍA AND ROTHEN

Now, at 30 years old, Neymar has risen. His coach, Christophe Galtier, is delighted: “Neymar is having an extraordinary start to the season. He is both a scorer and an assister. I saw that there is a record 18 assists in France that Di María and Rothen have. There I’m studying… Can he reach that goal? Is it a goal for him? I don’t know, but he’s a player who has the ability to make a difference,” he said.

Neymar’s ambition seems to have no limits. Galtier condemned to be the second penalty taker behind Mbappé, last weekend he did not hesitate to replace his partner to take one against Monaco. She did not disappoint and continued to claim her figure. With the figures at hand, no one can argue that he is currently the best at PSG. And, in addition, he is the best Neymar at the beginning of the course. Neymar, he surpasses himself.

NEYMAR NUMBERS IN HIS FIRST FIVE MATCHES IN EACH COURSE:

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YEAR/SEASON CLUB GOALS ASSISTS

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2009 Saints 3 2

2010+ Saints 5 2

2011 Saints 2 1

2012 Saints 4 1

2013+ Saints 6 3

2013/14+ Barcelona 1 1

2014/15 Barcelona 3 –

2015/16 Barcelona 3 –

2016/17 Barcelona 4 5

2017/18 PSG 5 5

2018/19+ PSG 4 1

2019/20 PSG 4 –

2020/21 PSG 2 3

2021/22 PSG 1 2

2022/23+ PSG 8 6

+ The season started from the first day of EFE

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