By Ola Kay
In a podcast hosted by legendary Brazilian striker Romario, Neymar has opened up that Kylian Mbappe was “jealous” of Lionel Messi after the Argentine signed for Paris Saint-Germain in 2021.
When asked whether Mbappé, who got signed in by Real Madrid this season, “is annoying”, Neymar responded by saying: “No, he is not. I have my things with him, we had a little fight, but he was fundamental for 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.”
Recall that Neymar and Mbappe joined PSG in 2017 from Barcelona and AS Monaco, respectively.
Also, Neymar commented 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.”
“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,” Neymar said.
Neymar equally explained that he has no regrets about plans to join Barcelona ahead of Real Madrid
“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.
“It was Real Madrid’s people calling me from one side & Barcelona’s people calling me from the other. Both presidents were talking to me. I couldn’t rationalize. I imagined myself playing for both… But then my heart spoke louder. I ended up choosing Barcelona.”
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