Neymar has revealed that Kylian Mbappe was “jealous” of Lionel Messi after the Argentine superstar joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2021.
Neymar made the comments when Romario asked whether Mbappé, who joined Real Madrid this season, was “annoying.”
“No he is not. My things are with him, we had a little fight, but when he came he was fundamental for us. I used to call him the golden boy,” Neymar said.
“I always played with him, said he would be one of the best. I always helped, talked to him, he came to my house, we ate together.
“We had a good partnership for a few years, but after Messi arrived he became a bit jealous. He didn’t want to separate me from anyone. And then some fights happened, there was a change in behaviour.”
Both Neymar and Mbappe joined PSG in 2017 from Barcelona and AS Monaco respectively.
Neymar also said that big egos affected PSG’s performance in big matches.
“It’s good to have ego, but you have to know that you can’t play alone,” Neymar said.
“You need another man with you. [Big] Ego was almost everywhere, it couldn’t work. If no one runs and no one helps, it is impossible to win anything.”
Neymar said he has no regrets about choosing Barcelona over Real Madrid when he moved from Brazil to Spain.
“I do not regret my decision to choose Barcelona over Real Madrid. I went there with my heart.”
“I obviously wanted to play with Messi! Barcelona was the team I liked. I always saw, from the Ronaldinho era I always said: I want to play there. occurred”.
“Those were tough days. It was 2 or 3 days when I was not even training, just going from my home to office to solve it.
“From one side, people from Real Madrid were calling me and from the other side, people from Barcelona were calling me. Both the Presidents were talking to me. I couldn’t rationalize. I imagined myself playing for both… but then my heart spoke loudly. “In the end I chose Barcelona.”
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