Friday, January 17, 2025 - Brazilian football star, Neymar has revealed that Kylian Mbappe was “jealous” of Lionel Messi after the Argentine signed for Paris Saint-Germain in 2021.
Neymar made his comments in a new podcast
show hosted by legendary Brazilian striker Romario.Asked whether Mbappé, who
joined Real Madrid this season, “is annoying”?
Neymar said: “No, he is not. I have my things
with him, we had a little fight, but he was fundamental to us when he arrived.
I used to call him Golden Boy.
“I always played with him, said he was going
to be one of the best. I always helped, talked to him, he came to my place, we
had dinner together
“We had some good years of partnership, but
after Messi came he was a little jealous. He didn’t want to split me with
anyone. And then there were some fights, a change in behavior.”
Both Neymar and Mbappe joined PSG in 2017
from Barcelona and AS Monaco, respectively. Neymar also said that big egos
affected the performances of PSG in big matches.
“It is good to have egos, but you have to
know that you don’t play alone,” Neymar said.
“There needs to be another guy by
your side. [Big] egos were almost everywhere, it can’t work. If nobody runs and
nobody helps, it is impossible to win anything.”
On his decision to join Barcelona ahead of
Real Madrid Neymar said that he has no regret.
“I don’t regret my choice to pick
Barcelona over Real Madrid. I went with my heart there.
“I obviously wanted to play with
Messi! Barça was the team I loved. I always watched, since the era of
Ronaldinho I always said: I want to play there. It happened”.
“Those were intense days. It was 2 or 3 days
where I wasn’t even training, just going from my house to the office to resolve
this.
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