Neymar is ‘Brazil’s greatest idol’ says Coutinho

Liverpool attacker Philippe Coutinho says that his friend Neymar Junior is Brazil’s greatest player. Coutinho and Neymar have been friends since childhood, having played together in Brazil’s junior sides when Coutinho was at Vasco da Gama and Neymar at Santos. In an interview with fourfourtwo, Coutinho was in no doubt as to who the greatest […]
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2016-12-03 21:08:00

Liverpool attacker Philippe Coutinho says that his friend Neymar Junior is Brazil’s greatest player. Coutinho and Neymar have been friends since childhood, having played together in Brazil’s junior sides when Coutinho was at Vasco da Gama and Neymar at Santos.

In an interview with fourfourtwo, Coutinho was in no doubt as to who the greatest current Brazilian footballer is, “He’s Brazil’s greatest idol nowadays. He’s our greatest player for me, even though we are friends and are the same age.

“I know for sure that so many Brazilians feel the same. We get very excited with his performances with the Selecao and Barcelona.” Neymar has 50 goals for the Seleção and will surely break the goalscoring record held by Pele during his career.

Coutinho will miss the next 5 weeks at least with an ankle ligament injury, but rumours persist of a reunion between the pair at club level, with Barcelona strongly rumoured to be interested in the Liverpool man.