Neymar gave his experience at PSG with Messi
During their stay at Paris Saint-Germain, Brazil striker Neymar revealed he “lived through hell” with former teammate Lionel Messi.
Both players departed PSG this summer, with Messi signing as a free agent with Inter Miami CF and Neymar joining Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal for €90 million ($98.6 million).
When asked how he felt about seeing his good friend Messi win the World Cup with Argentina in 2022, Neymar told Globo’s Esporte Espetacular in a June interview “I was very happy for the year he had, but also very sad, because he lived both sides of the coin.” He went to heaven with the Argentina team, winning everything in recent years, and with Paris, he lived hell, and we both suffered through torment.”
Messi and Neymar, who previously played together at Barcelona, won league titles at PSG but did not bring the club Champions League glory.
Messi struggled to adjust to Paris and stated in June that there was a problem.
PSG fans booed and jeered both players after the team exited the Champions League the previous two years. Messi, who scored 21 goals and assisted 20 more in all competitions last season, was also singled out by a portion of the audience in his farewell home game for PSG. Neymar believes the criticism heaped on him and Messi was unjustified.
