What if Neymar Never Left Barcelona? 

remember, barcelona basically became broke because of all the money they spent trying to replace neymar; coutinho, griezmann, dembele. if they hadn’t, the team would have been a lot stronger. so it’s impossible to tell

Here’s how I think this would go: Suarez said that he talked to Neymar before Neymar left saying that PSG wouldn’t be a good fit, but what if he actually convinced Neymar to stay with Barca for at least 2 more seasons. The 17/18 season goes pretty much the same way, except for PSG. Still trying to find a good replacement for Zlatan and a new strike partner for Cavani, Mbappe is brought in from Monaco as in real life. But with the Neymar transfer falling through, PSG set their sights on the new wonder kid from Dortmund: no other than Ousmane Dembele. He would act just like he would at Barca; good but plagued with injuries. Meanwhile, the 18/19 season goes on as normal, Ronaldo leaves for Juve, and Liverpool draws against Barcelona in the Champions League semifinals. In the first leg, instead of Dembele fumbling the shot against Alisson, Neymar makes the ball go in. The second leg stays the same, but “corner taken quickly Origi” doesn’t happen as Trent shoots the ball too hard and Origi ends up slipping on the ball, meaning Barcelona go through to the UCL final. Spurs goes through too, but really? Is Spurs gonna win the UCL? Of course not! Barcelona wins their number 6 meaning Messi and Ronaldo are tied for same number of UCLs and Neymar has won his 4th. This season, Neymar finally wins his first Ballon D’or over Messi, Van Dijk, and Ronaldo. Neymar’s contract expires, but he renews but goes on loan to PSG for a 2 year loan spell to PSG and when he returns, Barca is in ruins. Messi and Suarez have left, and Aguero has arrived along with Antione Griezmann, although Aguero retires from a heart attack. Neymar renews his contract for 3 more seasons, seeing the leave of Griezmann, and the arrival of Lewandowski. The 2021/22 season happens pretty much the same, but Messi left for Man City instead of PSG. The 2022/23 season also stays the same, but they at least won the league so that was good! But Pique retired, Busquets left, and Barca is still in Financial ruin. In the 2023/24 season, this is Neymar’s final season with the Catalan club before he leaves for the MLS. Copa Del Rey stays the same with Athletic Bilbao winning, but the UCL quarterfinals is where everything changes. Raphinha and Lewandowski still score in the first half, but Neymar gets a brace meaning 5:2 is the aggregate score after the first leg but in the second leg, Mbappe misses the penalty, meaning a 6:5 aggregate score, and Barca goes to the UCL semis beating Dortmund to meet Bayern in the UCL final after Bayern wins on penalties against Real Madrid since the ref says that Müller was onside. Neymar scores a last minute winner and the final score is 3:2: Barca wins. The next season, Neymar moves to Inter Miami to play with his besties Messi, Suarez, Jordi Alba, and Busquets for their last years

I see you talk about the Second leg of the UCL bs liverpool,so you think the first leg woulda still been 3-0?