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Neymar: Playing for Barca is easy now

Neymar believes it is now easy to play for Barcelona, as long as you work hard.

The Brazilian forward signed a new contract on Friday to keep him at Camp Nou until 2021, and afterwards admitted he was a little cautious upon his arrival in 2013.

"It is now easy to be Barca player, but you must work hard," the 24-year-old told Barca TV.

"Before coming, I already knew that the club was very large. The players are amazing and that, from the outside, scared me a bit before coming

"But I entered the dressing room and saw that the players were humble, colleagues and now friends. And for me it was a shock, because all that helped me settle at the club."

"I want to be remembered at the club, like other great Brazilians," he added. 

"When I came to Barca, everyone told me about Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Ronaldo and Romario."