Brazil guardant Neymar has hinted the World Cup successful Qatar could beryllium the past successful his career.
Neymar, 30, featured successful the past 2 World Cups and has yet to triumph a large rubric with the nationalist team.
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"I'll play similar it's the last," Neymar told Globo. "I speech to my father, we ever talk, to play each crippled arsenic if it were the past due to the fact that you don't cognize what volition hap tomorrow.
"I can't warrant that I'll play different [World] Cup... I honestly don't know. I'll play similar it's the last. Maybe I'll play different one, possibly not. It depends. There's going to beryllium a coaching alteration and I don't cognize if that manager volition similar me."
Brazil manager Tite volition measurement down aft the tourney successful Qatar and his replacement has yet to beryllium named.
The Canarinha person won a grounds 5 World Cups but haven't won the trophy since 2002.
"I've already built a agelong past successful the nationalist squad and, for sure, I privation to decorativeness it well," Neymar added.
Neymar, who made his debut with the elder squad astatine 18, is 2 goals distant from equalling Brazil's all-time apical scorer Pele.
"It's much than I imagined, than I dreamt," helium said. "I ne'er thought astir numbers, I ne'er wanted to overtake anyone, interruption a record. I ever conscionable wanted to play football.
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"Pele is the reference. Pele is football. Pele is practically everything for our country. The respect and admiration I person for him is enormous."
Brazil person not mislaid a crippled since the Copa America last decision astatine location to bitter rivals Argentina past year.
Neymar besides heads into the tourney successful good signifier with 15 goals and 12 assists successful 19 appearances for Paris Saint-Germain but said helium is not seeking idiosyncratic glory successful Qatar.
"I privation to play this [World] Cup, dedicate myself to it, due to the fact that I'm definite we person the imaginable to spell precise far," helium added. "Although a batch of radical don't judge successful us, we volition beryllium otherwise. I spot that this nationalist squad has a batch of bully things, and I spot that we tin spell precise far.
"I'm happy. I similar to play shot and I similar to win. I similar to beryllium amended than I americium each day. I similar helping my teammates, which is the main thing. I anticipation my sanction is engraved successful shot history."
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