Best Football Player in the World in the 2017-18 Season

The race to the top
The race to the top

#6 Neymar

Paris Saint-Germain v RSC Anderlecht - UEFA Champions League
Paris Saint-Germain v RSC Anderlecht - UEFA Champions League

After Neymar's glamorous move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, the Brazilian has slotted in as well as you would imagine having taken a step down in the level of the league.

Having played 30 games, Neymar has scored 29 and assisted 19 times, a phenomenal amount and a record that suggests that he is the leading man at PSG, even if he has come to blows with some of his teammates in the French capital.

Unfortunately for the Brazilian, he picked up a nasty ankle sprain against Marseille and looks set to miss the majority of the remaining games before the World Cup. The whole reason Neymar signed with Paris was due to leading his team to the Champions League, but he now won't get that opportunity from the sidelines.

Unless PSG improve drastically and become more mature in Europe, Neymar is going to have a difficult time in asserting himself as the world's best footballer in a post-Lionel Messi world.

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