Neymar has revealed that him his close friend and former teammate Lionel Messi and himself lived through hell during their time at Paris Saint-Germain.
The duo departed PSG in the summer with Messi going to MSL to join Inter Miami as a free agent while Neymar went to Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal for a reported €90 million fee.
“I was very happy for the year he had, but at the same time very sad, because he lived both sides of the coin. He went to heaven with the Argentina team, won everything in recent years, and with Paris he lived hell, we lived through hell, both he and I.” Neymar told Globo’s Esporte Espetacular in an interview.
“We get upset, because we’re not there for nothing, we’re there to do our best, [to] be champions, try to make history,” said Neymar, who missed the second half of last season with an ankle injury.
“That’s why we started playing together again, we came together there so we could make history. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it.”
Despite helping PSG win two league titles, Messi, in particular found it difficult to adapt to life in Paris and he clashed with the club fans during his two-years tenure..
For Neymar, he missed the second half of last season with an ankle injury, and was booed and jeered following the team’s exit from the UEFA Champions League over the past two seasons.
