Tag: Santos FC

  • Transfer Rumors 2013 – Bayern Munich Going After Neymar

    Transfer Rumors 2013 – Bayern Munich Going After Neymar

    After securing the manager everyone wanted, Bayern Munich are going after a player interesting the same crowd.

  • Transfer Rumors 2013 – Neymar Already Signed With Barcelona

    Transfer Rumors 2013 – Neymar Already Signed With Barcelona

    Nothing official from the clubs, just big media outlets reporting that the deal is already done: Neymar will become a Barcelona player at the end of this season, despite all the denials from Santos, with a secret deal already in place to finally bring the biggest Brazilian talent to Europe.

  • Neymar Isn’t For Sale, Manchester City Don’t Care

    Neymar Isn’t For Sale, Manchester City Don’t Care

    How many times have we heard this story? Every big club in Europe wants to get its hands on Neymar, but Santos aren’t willing to sell their biggest star until after the World Cup in 2014. It doesn’t stop them from trying, with Manchester City being the next in line with an attempt to make something happen out of nothing with the power of money.

  • Neymar – The Greatest Brazilian Since Pele

    Neymar – The Greatest Brazilian Since Pele

    The walking, talking, playing and scoring sensation that is Neymar still hasn’t played a single match for a European club in one of the continent’s top leagues, but the Santos star has become the first Brazilian player since Pele in 1970 to receive the Hors concours honor, meaning, more or less, that he’s a step or two above the rest of his peers in the Brasilerão.

  • Neymar – Manchester City Join the Race

    Neymar – Manchester City Join the Race

    It’s been going on for quite some time, but it just won’t stop. Neymar is constantly saying that he’s staying in Brazil and with Santos until the 2014 World Cup, but the rumors keep circling, this time pointing at Roberto Mancini and Manchester City as potential suitors for the Selecao’s best player.

  • FC Barcelona – Neymar Rumors Won’t go Away

    FC Barcelona – Neymar Rumors Won’t go Away

    Even when Neymar announces to everyone that he’s not planning on leaving Santos anytime soon, the rumors and whispers won’t die. Neymar will play for Barcelona they say; a secret deal has been signed; and the biggest Brazilian talent today will eventually play together with Lionel Messi.

  • Neymar Performing the Gangnam Style Dance

    Neymar Performing the Gangnam Style Dance

    Gangnam Style is everywhere, be it the music blasting everywhere you turn or someone preforming the dance as a spoof or for real. Athletes? Catching up slowly, but Neymar giving a few seconds of his dancing skills in the Santos locker room is certainly the best we’ve had so far.

  • Neymar Can’t Stop Scoring Amazing Goals

    First there was the perfect counter attack with a touch of flair against Flamengo, and then there was the magical dribbling (and a touch of luck) against Coritiba. Neymar, despite all the criticism against him when it comes to the Brazilian national team, seems a bit too good for the Campeonato Brasileiro, despite Santos not exactly doing too well.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Ganso Leaving Santos to Sao Paulo

    One of the longest transfer sagas in Brazilian football is about to come to an end, with Sao Paulo offering $23.8 million for 45% of the economic rights to Ganso, belonging to Santos, while sporting agency DIS hold the rest of the 55% and will negotiate separately with the club.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Neymar Closer Than Ever to Europe

    Is it really over between Neymar and Santos? Depends who you ask. While the player never comes out saying anything and the club’s president keeps insisting that he won’t be sold until after the 2014 World Cup, others suggest the Brazilian star might not be staying in Sao Paulo for very long.