Santos star Neymar has made his prediction for the Champions League and he has backed his former club to win the European title.
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Neymar predicts Champions League winnersBacked former club to win the trophyStar recovering from hamstring injuryFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
Neymar is among the finest players to have graced European football in the last decade. He has spent 10 years in Europe with Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain and won the Champions League title with the Blaugrana in the 2014-15 season. In 81 appearances in the European competition, the Brazilian has scored 43 goals, and he has now revealed who he expects to win the trophy this season.
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Neymar left Europe in 2023, and after spending one-and-a-half seasons at Al-Hilal, the forward is now plying his trade with boyhood club Santos. The Brazil icon, however, continues to follow the action in Europe's premier club competition.
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The 33-year-old first picked the semi-finalists, as he chose PSG, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich to go through to the last-eight stage. Neymar was then asked to pick the winners of the competition, and he chose his former club, Barcelona.
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Neymar has been out injured since March 10, as the Brazilian picked up a hamstring injury. He has now missed a total of three games for the Brazilian club and two World Cup qualifying matches for the Selecao during the March international break.
