"Neymar is the player that Barcelona need to win the Champions League"

"I think Brazil will win the Copa America with some ease. I don't see any team that can beat them, especially with the return of Neymar who, for me, will be the best player in the competition." Said Rivaldo on his social media.

In his opinion the PSG forward will return as Brazil captain "with hunger" and will show "what he is capable of" in the oldest international tournament in the World,

The World Cup winner with Brazil in 2002 insisted that Neymar should return to Barcelona, saying "it would be a major coup" for Barcelona "with everything that has happened at the end of this season".

"He's, in my humble opinion, the player Barcelona lack to be of the Champions League winners again. He has personality and a lot of quality to win back all the fans of Barcelona and also to get to be the best in the world". he said.

The message of Rivaldo, alongside photos of Neymar, one with the Brazil shirt and one with that orf Barcelona, comes a day after a change of captain was publicly announced and the rumours of Neymar returning to Barcelona have begun in earnest too.

Brazil start the Copa America on the 14h June against Bolivia at the Morumbí stadium in Sao Paulo.

The second match will be against Venezuela at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, in the north east of the country, before finishing the group stage off with the tie against Peru in the Arena de Corinthians.