He is right. Neymar has proven nothing yet, and while he still can be the best player in the world in the future, he should not be talked about in the same sentence as Messi, Ronaldo, Xavi etc.
These young Brazilians get over hyped just because they are Brazilian and make flashy plays on the pitch.
Honestly though who was the last Brazilian player to have a real impact in Europe...Ronaldinho? Kaka?
Yet how many young players have been hyped as the next best thing only to flame out in the last 5 years. Pato, Nilmar, Robinho, Elano, Fabio, Coutinho etc have not lived up to the hype they had around them when they first came over from Brazil.
In my opinion Italy and Brazil are the two traditional world powers that are not developing nearly as much talent as they did 10, 20 years ago.
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