RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil manager Tite is excited by the rise of the young players who surged to stardom in European soccer last season and will be available for the national team in November when his side bid to win a record-extending sixth World Cup at the finals in Qatar.
Ahead of the World Cup, there is always an influx of transfers featuring players who are on the fringes of their national teams and want to secure a roster spot for the tournament. Many players who sit on the bench for bigger clubs and get limited minutes desperately need quality playing time to be noticed by their national team managers. With so many rumors and confirmed deals happening every day, let's take a look at 10 players who need a transfer ahead of the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.
Neymar's getting an early sampling of his MLS career with David Beckham's Inter Miami by spending his offseason at Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach with his latest love interest, Neymar girlfriend 2022 Bruna Biancardi.
The Brazilian's made no secret of his desire to one day play in Miami. A couple years ago, Neymar revealed that he'd already come to a gentleman's agreement with Beckham.
The animosity between Argentina and Brazil is reaching a fever pitch at the perfect moment: right before the 2022 World Cup. Their only possible clash course in Qatar would see the bitter rivals meet in the semifinals, but that world-stopping event is plausible because La Albiceleste and the Seleção are as good as they've been in a long time.
The two have split the past two Copa Américas, playing out a bad-blooded semifinal in 2019 that Brazil won en route to the title while Argentina had its vengeance in the 2021 final at the Maracanã.
Neymar scored a pair of penalties to move to within four goals of Pelé at the top of the country's all-time scoring list as Brazil cruised to a 5-1 win over fellow World Cup qualifiers South Korea at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Thursday.
The Paris St Germain striker netted either side of halftime to move onto 73 goals in 118 appearances for his country and close in on the three-time World Cup winner's record in a comfortable win for Tite's side.
The number of players destroyed by Neymar's skills is too long to start counting. The Brazilian star is a devil with the ball at his feet, and being one-on-one against him is certainly a nightmare you don't want to live.
But despite his endless set of abilities, Neymar himself is not immune to other players' skills. And that's what we learned this week when freestyler Lisa Zimouche collected his soul after an epic nutmeg.
Lionel Messi was the world's highest-paid athlete over the last year, according to the annual Forbes list released on Wednesday that had the Paris Saint-Germain forward ahead of the NBA's LeBron James and Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Breaking into this list for the first time ever, Kurt Zouma. Man, you drop kicked your cat, that’s not cool.
8. Sexual Assaulters
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Desde que asomaron sus narices en las pantallas por primera vez, el 19 de abril de 1987, Los Simpsons se han convertido en una de las series de TV más icónicas de todos los tiempos. Su influencia cultural y su capacidad de alimentarse con lo que pasa en el mundo es imposible de negar y el fútbol como fenómeno no ha estado ajeno a su historia.
Hay varios episodios de la serie que hacen referencia al balompié y también hay apariciones especiales de un puñado de estrellas.