5 reasons why Manchester United is the perfect club for Neymar

Neymar is in his 4^th season with Barcelona

According to some pundits, Barcelona forward Neymar Jr. has had a poor season by his standards. Yet, the Brazilian has already been involved in 37 goals this season in just 35 games this season, which has led to reports of him being linked with multiple clubs around Europe.

While Barcelona would obviously not want the Brazilian to leave, having signed him to a new contract this season, the choice may have been taken out of their hands. Manchester United are reportedly keen on triggering his €200m clause, with a view to making him the most expensive player in the world of all time.

Here are 5 reasons why Neymar should join Manchester United:

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#5 The Jose Mourinho effect

Jose Mourinho has managed the biggest players in the world

Cristiano Ronaldo’s goals every season before Jose Mourinho: 5, 6, 9, 12, 23, 42, 26, 33

Cristiano Ronaldo’s goals every season with Jose Mourinho: 53, 60, 55

For all the allegations that Jose Mourinho does not know how to ‘develop’ young players, the Portuguese manager is absolutely brilliant at polishing the strengths of his biggest superstars. Cristiano Ronaldo went from a tricky winger with a superb goal-scoring record to the best and most ruthlessly efficient player in the world, under Jose Mourinho.

Neymar Jr. is at the stage of his career where he could absolutely explode – Jose Mourinho could iron out his need to showboat at unnecessary times, and get the Brazilian to focus more on his goalscoring. The Barcelona forward is the one player who could break the Ronaldo – Messi duopoly over the Ballon d’Or and Jose Mourinho is the perfect manager to take him there – not Juan Carlos Unzue.

Even Neymar agrees:

The Premier League has top-level coaches like Mourinho and [Pep] Guardiola. These are coaches any player would like to play for.