Juninho sees it as “normal” for Neymar to ask for “privileges”

• The former footballer Juninho Paulistaex-coordinator of the Brazilian team, said that Neymar seeks “privileges” when he is concentrated in Canarinha, something in his opinion “normal”, because he is the “best player” of the team.

“He went to the Brazilian team and was normal as a person, because he was at the same level of players (for the Argentine Lionel Messi and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo)try some kind of privilege,” said Juninho in an interview with the ‘ge’ portal.

Asked about the type of benefits, he replied that the Paris Saint-Germain striker asking for “stupid things that don’t hurt” the running template, without offering more details.

“Then it is up to show him that some situations are fine. Others are not. In most cases, he will do what all the players do,” he clarified.

however, Juninho rejected the “lying” criticism that they wrote that Neymar ordered in the selection he directed then Adenor Leonardo Bachi ‘Tite’, who left Brazil’s bench after losing in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 against Croatia.

Furthermoredenied disciplinary problems with Neymar at that stage and assured that it was “always” very calm” to deal with him.

“That also has a lot of merit. The generation is different from the previous one, it’s different from mine, it’s not ‘no because not’, there has to be a foundation,” he said when explaining the reasons that led them to veto the presence of relatives son and friend in concentration hotels.

He also pointed out that the former Santos and Barcelona player “always tried to encourage and show what he thought” in meetings with the technical committee and in the dressing room.

“Of course, he is more of a technical leader, but he also manages that leadership off the pitch,” he stressed.