The MLS, to Neymar: “We don’t want someone who comes to retire”

Neymar surprised these days by acknowledging that he would like to try his luck in the United States, alluding to playing in the MLS at some point. Don Garber, patron of the North American competition, was asked regarding it on ‘ESPN’ and his answer was forceful and, perhaps, surprising: “We don’t need to bring in a great player at the end of his career because he has decided he wants to come and retire in MLS. If these players don’t come to play and make a significant contribution to their teams, don’t come. If they don’t respect the league and we don’t want the fans”.

“We want our story to be regarding young players who come here in the early stages or in the prime of their career and make our league their favorite. When Zlatan Ibrahimovic left Major League Soccer, nobody said he was going to retire to Italy And frankly, that insulted me.” Don Garber explained.

Neymar thought out loud a few days ago, but that has been understood almost as a lack of respect for the MLS director. “I would love to play in MLS, actually. I would love to play there for at least one season. Why? Their season is shorter, so I would have three months of vacation. I would play football for many more years,” Neymar said.

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