Paris, Feb 4, 2025 (AFP) - Neymar homecoming is reminder of promise unfulfilled

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When Neymar left Brazil aged 21 in 2013, bound for Barcelona, he set off to establish himself as a footballing great, seemingly destined to be remembered as his country's greatest player since Pele. Last week, 12 years on, he returned to first club Santos -- Neymar the celebrity with unimaginable wealth, but a footballer whose fragile body has been badly diminished by injuries. Neymar has been one of the finest players in the world when at the to......

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