Finally we come to Neymar, who had a respectable score of 84 in FIFA 14 but surely warrants an increase. Signed from Brazilian side Santos last summer, the forward enjoyed a successful debut season at Barcelona in 2013-14, scoring nine goals and providing eight assists in La Liga, though he could not prevent his new team from enduring a trophy-less season. That however should not impact on Neymar's individual rating, while the Brazil international shone for his country at this summer's World Cup. With the weight of the world on his shoulders and a whole nation expecting him to step up to the plate in the year his homeland hosted the tournament, the forward could have choked. Instead, he scored four goals to finish as the competition's third-highest scorer, after averaging a goal every 114 minutes. And he might have scored more had an injury not robbed him of the opportunity of playing in Brazil's semi-final clash with Germany after suffering a serious back injury in the quarter-final win over Colombia. Neymar also didn't play in the third-place play-off with the Netherlands and had he played both games he could easily have won the Golden Boot. We think an increase in rating to 86 would be suitable considering Neymar is already one of the world's best players, at the tender age of 22. Who do you think will get a higher rating in FIFA 15? Let us know in the comments thread, below.
Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.
