Netflix: the perfect chaos behind Neymar leaves us wondering is he man, monster or supreme moneymaking machine?
- Three-part Netflix series on Brazilian star does give the viewer a look inside the life and times of a football player who seems to always polarise opinion, but just how much is debatable
Neymar knows there are some people who think he might be a monster. The Brazilian star says as much during the new Netflix docuseries which charts the course of his life.
But the Paris Saint-Germain star tells director David Charles Rodrigues that he hopes the cameras – and the series – will also allow the world to see the real person, too.
“You’ve got to start with the monster … Neymar is a monster, blah, blah, whatever … everyone criticising me, then they get to know me,” he says in an opening shot.
Just how much Neymar: The Perfect Chaos does exactly that is debatable. But the three-part series allows us a look inside the life and times of a player who has always seemed to polarise opinion.
It has been a trait that has followed the now 29-year-old from Sao Paulo throughout his career.
There is a moment early in the series when we see archive footage of a manager warning that allowing the footballer’s behaviour to go unchecked risked creating that monster.
Rene Simoes, who was in charge of Atletico Goianiense in the country’s top league in the 2010-11 season, had just witnessed the 18-year-old curse at his own Santos captain and coach during a game.
