What now for Neymar after image-shattering World Cup?


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018

Brazil's Neymar looks dejected after the match. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

(Reuters) - As the World Cup nears its conclusion, Brazilian forward Neymar is faced with not just a bitter few days of what might have been, but a coming season of what to do now.

The Paris St Germain striker arrived in Russia hoping to guide Brazil to their sixth title and also as favourite to succeed thirty-somethings Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the best player in the world.

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