Common parents aside, they were brothers. Vicente del Bosque wanted a defender to bolster the Madrid rearguard. He was instead given Michael Owen. Strikers are valued more than other players because there is so much more that meets they eye when they are observed.
Given that what they do directly affects the success of their team at face value, their market rates are often significantly higher than either defenders or midfielders, whose qualities are more often than not less tangible. Given the hoopla that the mohawk-styled striker was generating, Santos decided to insure their prized talent by offering him a bumper contract that would see him stay at the club till at least , giving him more time to mature as a player and providing him the perfect opportunity to put himself in the shop window by showing he could play with the best of the best when he takes to the field in the FIFA World Cup which will be held in Brazil.
But Santos have never been a club with stable financial backing. It is a similar situation with Neymar. To keep him at the club, they offered him astronomical wages which required them to close their futsal division and their ladies football team. He was ultimately offered a new contract, but turned it down, since he had one bone of contention with the top brass. Having turned it down, he offered his team an ultimatum: give him the same wages as Neymar or he was going to a club that would recognise him for his talent.
The fault lay not with Neymar, but the manner in which the club had handled the man he called his brother. He may be only 21, but Neymar knew exactly what was happening behind the scenes:. Everyone knows that I will stay at Santos until I may or may not sign a new deal after that ; I will only know that when the time comes.
If I had to talk not about the friend, but the player, I would say that everyone wants to have someone like him on the team. Another Brazilian to have enjoyed a successful career is Neymar. And for a few glorious years, Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima looked fully capable of laying golden eggs — trophies, if you like — for Santos and Brazil.
A composed and intelligent playmaker who could play anywhere across midfield, he was first choice for Santos by the season. Santos regained the state championship over the next two campaigns, and in scooped an even bigger honour: the Copa Libertadores. While Ganso was pulling the strings from midfield, Neymar was scoring bucketloads of goals, including 43 in all competitions over the campaign. By the end of that season, a year-old Ganso had a very respectable eight caps for the Brazilian national team.
Neymar, however, three years younger, had 27, and was evidently moving ahead of his colleague. Despite the age gap, Ganso and Neymar were extremely close friends. But as the disparity between their respective abilities began to widen, the media effectively forced Ganso to confront the issue: was he to become a second-class wonderkid like Fabio Paim, doomed to live in the shadow of his more talented friend?
After suffering recurring injuries and a decrease in form and match fitness, he subsequently lost his place in the Brazilian team, in favour of Oscar, due to his performances with his club at the time, Chelsea. Ganso was brought to Tuna Luso after being discovered by former Brazil international Giovanni, and at 15 years of age he joined Paysandu, but he was snapped up by Santos in Ganso or Ganso lit.
Paulo Henrique Ganso Player. On 31 January , Ganso returned to Brazil and signed a five-year contract with Fluminense. Paulo Henrique Ganso fans also viewed:. Toni Kukoc. Matt Young. Tommie Agee. Would it be Maicon or Rafinha who got the second right-back spot?
Maxwell or Filipe Luis on the left? Is Philippe Coutinho deserving of a place after an excellent season at title-hunting Liverpool? One name conspicuous by its absence was that of Paulo Henrique Ganso. The former Santos wonderkid, who came through the Vila Belmiro ranks at the same time as Neymar and was prophesied as the next Zinedine Zidane, even by Neymar himself, has not been given so much as a cursory mention in the biggest sporting debate in the country.
It was easy to note similarities between the young Brazilian and the legendary Frenchman. His poise on the ball, vision and exemplary passing were all reminiscent of the three-time World Player of the Year in his pomp. But, while Neymar's career has continued its meteoric rise, Ganso's has plummeted to earth with a bump. In the infancy of their professional life, the two were whispered in the same breath, like some kind of Batman and Robin goal-chasing duo.
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