According to the latest rumors, Neymar is considering joining Inter Miami. There he will be able to play again for the same team with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.
The Brazilian’s contract with Al-Hilal expires at the end of the season and it appears he is set to leave after two years that are only remembered for the player being constantly in hospital. It’s been almost 10 years since the famous MSN trident helped Barcelona win the treble in 2014/15, and eight years since they last faced each other on the same team.
What happened to this Barcelona team? The last match of Messi, Suarez and Neymar with the Catalans was a match against Real Madrid, then the team won with a score of 3:2, it was a friendly match. Although this game had a certain status, it took place as part of the International Champions Cup, if you remember such a tournament. We played in Florida.
Let’s see where the players of this Barcelona team are currently.
Jasper Cillessen
The former Netherlands first-team goalkeeper spent three years at Barcelona, but was rarely a backup to Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Cillessen left Barcelona in 2019 to join Valencia for 35 million euros. He did his best to justify such a big transfer, but it didn’t work: he left for Breda for just €1 million three years later. Currently, the 35-year-old veteran has returned to Spain, where he plays for Las Palmas.
Alex Vidal
Barcelona made a number of questionable signings during Josep Maria Bartomeu’s reign and while Vidal was by no means one of the worst, he certainly wasn’t a big success. The Spain international never became a worthy successor to Dani Alves, finding himself behind Sergi Roberto. Vidal returned to Sevilla in 2018, but failed to achieve much success with the club upon his return. Aleix has not officially announced his retirement, but has since been without a club, leaving Espanyol following their relegation to the Segunda League in 2023. Vidal is already 35 years old. He may no longer play football at a professional level.
Gerard Pique
This defender definitely entered the history of Barcelona and the Spanish national team, but Gerard was accompanied by scandals outside the football field. At first he was with the singer Shakira for a long time, and then he broke up with her quite brilliantly. Published that Neymar was staying at Barcelona, but he ultimately left for PSG. Gerard remained with the Catalan team until he hung up his boots, announcing his retirement in November 2022. He is now involved in various business projects and dreams of becoming president of Barcelona.
Samuel Umtiti
At that time, Umtiti was still considered one of the best young central defenders in world football. He had his best season of his career playing for Barcelona during the 2017/18 campaign. Helped the French team win the World Cup in 2018. Unfortunately, constant injuries took their toll. The 31-year-old Frenchman can now retire: Lille is not going to pay his salary and wants to get rid of the player.
Jordi Alba
After 11 years and over 400 appearances for Barcelona, Alba bid farewell to his boyhood club in 2023, after winning his sixth La Liga title. In the summer of the same year, he left the Spanish national team. He currently plays with his friends for Inter Miami. The 35-year-old initially signed an 18-month contract with the club. MLSbut then the parties decided to extend the agreement – this year he will continue to work for the club.
Sergio Busquets
This story is similar to the evolution of Alba’s career. Victories with Barcelona – then move to USAto be part of the “Messi gang”. And Sergio will also defend the colors of Inter Miami this year.
Andres Iniesta
The legendary footballer announced his retirement last year. Iniesta left Barcelona in 2018, after which he spent five whole years at Japanese club Vissel Kobe, then another season at FC Emirates of United Arab Emirates. Andres is now preparing to become a coach.
Ivan Rakitic
After spending his peak years at Barcelona, Rakitic made a romantic return to Sevilla in 2020, where he managed to win another Europa League title. He then went to work in Saudi Arabia and now plays in his native Croatia for Hajduk.
Lionel Messi
Incredibly, leaving Barcelona cannot be called a negative for Lionel. After all, it was after moving to Paris that he became world champion. Catalan fans may be mourning the departure of their idol, but Messi probably has no regrets. He is now preparing to end his career in style USA – as part of Inter Miami and, possibly, after World Cup-2026.
Luis Suarez
Suarez also has quite the cinematic history after leaving Barcelona. It is said that Ronald Koeman decided to announce that Luiz should look for a new club via a phone call. Suarez replied: he joined Atlético and won the Spanish championship. Then I traveled to South America and went to see my old friend Messi. Now he scores regularly for Inter Miami and is set to end his career there.
Neymar
If we take Messi’s story, we assume that he does not regret leaving Barcelona, since he won the main trophy of his life. Neymar, after leaving the Catalan club, earned so much money that it would probably be enough even for his great-grandchildren to lead a good life. He didn’t come out of Lionel’s shadow, but he made money.
However, in Neymar’s defense, it can be said that he has been really hampered by injuries. Maybe it was his fault for not taking good care of his body. Maybe the employees are to blame PSG or “Al-Hilal”, but that’s ancient history. Now Neymar probably faces the last choice of his career – he will no longer play in Europe, no one will put up with his salary and injuries, but a deal can be reached with his native Santos or Inter Miami. If the Brazilian chooses the second option, then we will benefit from the great decline of the phenomenal trinity. I really want Neymar to move to Miami, it would be wonderful. And in such conditions it will be easier for him to enter World Cup-2026.
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