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Rodrygo on Comparison to Neymar: 'It Is Idiocy'

Real Madrid-bound teenager Rodrygo has rejected comparisons with Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar, saying it is "idiocy" to put him on the same level as the 26-year-old.

The 17-year-old will move from Santos to the Santiago Bernabeu in the summer after the two clubs agreed a deal earlier in 2018.

Like Neymar, he is a hugely talented Brazilian attacker. But Rodrygo is clearly eager to avoid comparisons, per AS:

"Neymar is Neymar and Rodrygo is Rodrygo. What he does no one else will do the same. People want to compare us and there is no comparison.