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21st July 2018
05:50pm BST

A reminder of what Neymar looks like when upright[/caption]
"Do you think I want to suffer tackles all of the time?" he's quoted as saying by Sky Sports. "No, it is painful, it hurts.
"After the games I stay back for four or five hours putting on ice, it's complicated but if you haven't experienced that you will never understand. I saw [the jokes], but I took them with a humour.
"Even yesterday I posted on Instagram a joke with the children about it. My football is to dribble, to face the opponent, I can't stand in front of the opponent and say 'my dear, excuse me I want to score a goal', I can't do that.
"I have to dribble past him, I have to try to do something and he will not allow me to go past and he will try to foul me. A lot of time I'm faster and lighter than other players and they tackle me, and the referee is there for that."
Poor bloke.
Neymar has been linked with a move to Real Madrid this summer, with some reports saying the European champions would like him to replace Cristiano Ronaldo.
Real have since denied such claims and the 26-year-old now looks likely to stay put in Paris... so long as he remains the undisputed star player, that is.