There has been an incredible amount of hype surrounding him and he has lived up to it so far, but i think it is important to consider that although he does have incredible ability and unquestionable talent. That he is playing in a league where the perhaps the standard is possibly lower than the European ones and as a result a player that appears sensational on home soil, may turn out to be a flop on the big stage.
- At this point i would like to point out one of the most promising players that got it wrong (or more likely an agent) and is now completely off the radar in footballing terms.
If we take into account how football or 'soccer' is followed religiously in South America and in Brazil in particular. As a result the volume of players that play in the Brazilian league is - I'm guessing - substantial. But it is only the Brazilian players that take the plunge into the European leagues that have grown into world class players. The likes of Ronaldo, Kaka and Roberto Carlos, as just an example, would not be so widely acknowledged as some of the best in their position during their peak, if they had of stayed in Brazil.
In the modern game it is essential that to become a real great, a true legend that generations will remember and talk about for years, is to play your game at the highest level of competition. Lucas of Sao Paulo is another prodigy that many have said could go the whole way and it is paramount that, when the time is right of course, that he makes the understandably scary jump to the top clubs in Europe, or certainly the top leagues.
I hope that we are able to see the likes of Neymar and Lucas playing in competition like the Champions League in the future because players of such potential deserve the stage to exhibit their talent to a wider audience. Rather than being a big fish in a small pond, as a player the incentive surely must be to become a big fish in an even bigger pond.
* And we wont be restricted to seeing goals like below just on YouTube
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