The close friendship between Neymar and Lionel Messi has been cultivated and maintained since the time the two superstars were still at Barcelona, through to PSG and now when Messi left Europe to move to Inter Miami.
In an interview with YouTuber Casimiro Miguel, the Brazilian striker shared stories surrounding Messi’s decision to sign for Inter Miami and why the Argentine striker decided not to continue playing at the top level in Europe. Europe.
Messi’s family was “affected” during his stay in Paris
Neymar said that thanks to his good relationship with Messi, he knew about the Argentinian player’s decision to move to the United States before it was publicly announced to the media. This decision was strongly supported by Neymar and wished his teammate a better life in a new environment. This partly implies that Messi and his family had a bad time in the French capital.
“Messi has won everything. His family has been affected a lot in the last two years at PSG. I sympathize with Messi, he will move to a well-received place with a completely different life. His family will also feel better in Miami,” Neymar explained.
On the other hand, Neymar also expressed regret that he could not win the Champions League with Messi at PSG, but still emphasized that Messi’s move to Miami was the right decision. “We went through a difficult time. We tried, but couldn’t succeed.”
Messi, Neymar and Mbappe “do not get along”
Finally, Neymar said he is happy to be able to form PSG’s famous attacking trio alongside Messi and Mbappe. However, all three did not work together effectively, thus failing to achieve the club’s highest goal of winning the Champions League.
“We are a strong team. Messi, Mbappe and I are three of the best players in the world. We know that, but unfortunately we can’t work well together. That is not good for us,” the former Barcelona striker shared.
Neymar said all three share the same goal of “winning every game”, but “sometimes football is not fair”, he insisted.