Neymar considered that the powerful Paris Saint-Germainin which he shared a squad with Lionel Messi y Kylian Mbappéfailed due to the “ego” of the players and stated that the French star was jealous of his good relationship with the Argentine star.
“You have to realize that you don’t play alone. You have to have the other person on your side: ‘I’m the best, okay’, but who is going to give you the ball? You have to have good people to give you the ball” Ney said in an interview with Romárioanother Brazilian soccer legend, published this Thursday.
“It was everyone’s ego. One game was one, the next was another, the next was four, five games in a row, so it couldn’t work. Nowadays, if no one runs, if no one helps each other, it is impossible to win“he added on the Romário TV YouTube channel.
The 32-year-old number 10 of the Brazil national team shared the PSG dressing room with Mbappé y Messi between 2021 and 2023. Although the trident generated many expectations, it failed to raise the Champions Leaguethe great bet of the French club.
At the end of the 2023 season, the Brazilian left for the Saudi Al-Hilal and the Argentine, for Inter Miami. The two struck up a friendship during their time at Barcelona (2013-17), where they formed a fearsome offensive trio alongside the Uruguayan. Luis Suarez.
In Paris, in addition, Neymar had problems with Mbappé.
“I have my issues with him, we had a small fight, but he was a boy who at the beginning, when he arrived, was fundamental. I always told him, I joked with him, that he was going to be one of the best, I always helped him, I talked to He came to my house, we went out to dinner together,” he said. Ney.
“We had a few good years together, but then, When Messi arrived, I think he got a little jealous.. “I didn’t want to share myself with anyone (laughs) and then the fights began, the behavior change,” he added.
The historic striker of the Brazilian team affirmed, however, that in the Parisian team he had his best sporting moment. That level would have allowed him to win the Ballon d’Orhe assured, but his recurring injuries dispelled his dream.
“These are injuries that have kept me out for three months, six months. So that’s what has hurt me,” he said. And he sentenced: “It’s not something that’s going to end my life, that’s going to be like, ‘screw it, I haven’t won the Ballon d’Or’. God wanted it that way and it’s over.”.
Physical problems also ruined his time in Al-Hilalwhere he only played seven games in 16 months.
The international press speculates that he will leave Arab football at the end of his contract, which expires in June. Although he said he was happy in Saudi Arabia, Neymar assured that “in six months everything can change.” Will he meet Messi again?