world, ahead of Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi
and Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
Neymar has played a starring role for Brazil,
scoring six goals in CONMEBOL qualifying to help
the South American giants become the first nation
to book a spot at next year's World Cup.
The 25-year-old has also been in good form for
LaLiga titleholders Barca this season, netting 15
goals in all competitions as he bagged his 100th
goal for the Spaniards last week.
And Brazilian icon Romario feels Neymar has
surpassed Messi and Ronaldo, who have shared
the past nine Ballon d'Or awards.
"Nowadays, Neymar is our [Brazil's] biggest star.
He's the best player in the world right now, with all
due respect to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo -
which, particularly, I believe has been much inferior
to the other two," he told ESPN.
"For what he's been doing both for Barca and
Selecao, it's about time Neymar is elected the
number one in the planet.
"We [Brazilians] put all our trust in a player like
Neymar, he's the one that can give us in [the]
Russia [World Cup]."
Neymar and Barca are back in action on Saturday,
visiting Malaga as they look to close the gap on
leaders Real Madrid.
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