Alves is clear Neymar will stay at PSG: "I would put the Eiffel Tower on it"

The Brazilian defender always guarantees good headlines. And he is not fazed by anything. Therefore, when he was asked how much he would put on Neymar to stay, he took it to the extreme. 

"Shall I bet you a dinner Neymar stays? That's not much. Shall I put the Eiffel Tower on it? Yeah, go on," Alves confidently stated. Not even his house on it, the whole Eiffel Tower, he is that sure. Alves also said that his friend "will stay at PSG, I think so. He has done his job here yet. In life you have to have objectives, achieve them and then do whatever you like," he said. 

That was not the only interesting thing Alves said. He was also clear on what he would do if Real Madrid asked about Neymar: "If Real Madrid called me, I would say no. And if they ask me about Neymar, I would say no as well." Real Madrid call a lot of people and I wouldn't be surprised if they called him. 

He also did not think that Neymar would return to Barcelona: "I think it is very difficult. I think Barca don't realise that they need him. Who doesn't need him? The way in which he left makes everything very difficult."

How is Neymar?

"Who doesn't need Neymar? Everyone needs Ney. Any team which has him, needs him," the Brazilian international asked. He said that his departure from Barca makes it very difficult to return. 

Regarding Neymar's fitness, who has suffered the same injury for the last two seasons, he talked about Neymar's current emotional state.

"He is in transition, since the results are going well. He is very obsessive and he wants the right result, that is obvious. He must take advantage of the free time to think what he can do so that everything is greater and better in the place in which he is. If not, he will not be able to achieve it. He is not happy because he didn't get the results and without results, you cannot be happy. If he were happy without results, I would give him a clip around the neck," Alves analysed. 

He also spoke about Mbappe: "Yes, he's a rocket and he is very young. When he matures he is going to be a lot better than he is at this moment in time," he said. Asked about if he was as good as Messi, he replied, "no, there is nobody like Messi."