Neymar's confession about the retirement that nobody expected and the fortune with which he will leave soccer

Neymar is retiring at the age of 28? The player himself revealed in a surprising interview with Giffer that it was something he considered doing a couple of months ago, when he felt soccer wasn’t making him happy. To the joy of his fans, he reconsidered that possibility and decided to continue playing, despite we don’t really know until when.

Ney is currently the top star of Paris Saint-Germain, club that signed him on August 2017 from FC Barcelona for $225 million, transforming him in the most expensive transfer paid for a soccer player ever. This season he will have the great objective of winning the Champions League title for the very first time with the Parisian side.

Previously, the no. 10 also played for Santos FC former side. Neymar made a fortune out of soccer, with the millionaire contracts signed with clubs, the commissions gained for every transfer he completed and the sponsorships. We may affirm that he is one of the best paid athletes of the world, as during 2020 he just earned less than Roger Federer, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

If Neymar decided to retire today from professional soccer, he could still continue with his impressive life of luxuries. The heritage that he has arrives to the $200 million, according to World Index, and will keep increasing, as he is now one of the best paid players of the world after many years of effort.