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·1 December 2025
Letellier reveals the toughest PSG player to face

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·1 December 2025

Alexandre Letellier, 34 years old, former goalkeeper of Paris Saint-Germain, shared with L’Équipe the most impressive player he has ever played with: Neymar, 33 years old. In this account, he explains how the Brazilian would turn training sessions into scenes of pure magic, able to get out of impossible situations.
“Who is the best player you’ve played with? I’d say the most impressive is Neymar. I remember thinking this several times, when we played small-sided games: there are moments when you see two guys on him, in a corner, and you think: ‘He’s done for, the ball’s going out.’ You even start to anticipate, to grab a ball to restart the game... But actually, no, he gets out of incredible situations.”
You feel like the game is fast for us, but for him it’s in slow motion, and that’s why he manages to pull off incredible moves. You want to push yourself all the time against guys like that in training, just to annoy them. Otherwise, they get bored, and you do too, you just keep conceding goals.”
In Alexandre Letellier’s account, you can sense a genuine admiration for Neymar, that player who seemed to slow down time when everyone else was on the verge of breaking. The former Paris Saint-Germain number three describes those training sessions where the Brazilian, surrounded, reduced football to a series of impossible escapes.
That’s where Letellier, used to living in the shadows of the starters, found his role: being the goalkeeper who pushed the stars, who refused to make life too easy for them. A loyal, discreet “third man,” but fully committed to the idea of serving a club he deeply loves. Through Neymar, he’s almost telling his own story: that of a guy who pushes himself out of respect for a jersey, for the artists of the game, and for that unbreakable bond with PSG that has guided his entire career.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.
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