5 Players That Deserve To Be Compared With Messi And Ronaldo This Season

#2. Neymar Jr. (Paris Saint Germain)

Neymar joined PSG in the summer

Neymar Junior has been right behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the past few years. The Brazilian is highly regarded as the man to take the baton from these football wizards anytime they step aside in the future. In fact, the attacker shared the Ballon d'Or stage with these superstars in both 2015 and 2017.

He has maintained his impressive level of performance even in this season. The Brazilian left FC Barcelona in the summer to complete a world record transfer to Paris Saint Germain.

At his new club, he linked up with Uruguayan striker, Edinson Cavani and French prodigy, Kylian Mbappe. Together, these amazing players formed a fearsome attacking trio that took Europe by storm with their fantastic goalscoring exploits.

Neymar has been a great leader in his new club and he has proved that with his brilliant displays in the campaign.The Brazilian led his club to reclaim the Ligue 1 title this season, bagging 19 goals and 13 assists in the French division. He also inspired the club as they won the Coupe de la Ligue in March as well as leading the Parisians to the final of the Coupe de France.

Neymar is one of the stand-out players in the UEFA Champions League this season, with 6 goals and 3 assists to his name. He led the club to the knockout stages of the tournament before suffering a serious injury that forced him out of the competition.

Despite that, Neymar has the same number of goals as Lionel Messi (6) in the Champions League. His 3 assists are also equal to Ronaldo's (3) and superior to that of the Argentine (2) in the European tournament this season. He has more assists than Cristiano (5) in the domestic league and has also won the Ligue 1 while the Portuguese is yet to win any trophy this season.

Like Messi and Ronaldo, Neymar is the leader of his team and he has been carrying the responsibilities of taking them forward, especially in the big games. The Brazilian showed his class when he inspired the Parisians to defeat Bayern Munich earlier this season, scoring one and assisting another as they cruised to a 3-0 victory at the Allianz Arena.