Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil star Neymar has finally clarified his remarks about next year's World Cup possibly being his last.
The Brazilian hinted earlier this month that he might hang up his international football boots after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar citing mental health issues.
However, the 29-year-old has now cleared up the drama after the recent criticism he faced from various parts of the media.
"I said something, but people understood a different thing," he told Red Bull's official website.
"I said that, yes, this would be my last World Cup and that I would face it in the best way possible. I will give my best to be there at 100% because it's as if I had a game the next day, it's how I go about it.
"If there's a game tomorrow, that game to me, it's as if it was the last one in my life. So, for that World Cup that's coming up, I'm thinking about it as if it was the last one for me because I don't know how tomorrow will be and what can happen.
"When I said that, it was a bit controversial, with people saying I wanted to stop playing football and that I would leave the national team.
"People understood a completely different thing. I wanted to say that I'm seeing it as if it was the last one. Why? Because we don't know how tomorrow will be and what can happen."
