Mbappe Was Jealous Of Messi? Neymar Spills The Beans
Neymar Jr, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi formed a formidable trio at Paris Saint-Germain PSG until not so long ago, before all of them made exits from the French club.

Neymar Jr, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi formed a formidable trio at Paris Saint-Germain PSG until not so long ago, before all of them made exits from the French club.
While Neymar is now with Saudi club Al Hilal, Mbappe is making strides at Spanish giant Real Madrid. Lionel Messi is, on the other hand, continuing to inspire at Inter Miami (MLS).

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Neymar, in a podcast with fellow Brazilian Romario, has shed light on the dynamics among them. And he has made some drop-dropping revelations especially after Messi joined in 2021.
The Al Hilal star revealed that Kylian Mbappe was “jealous” of Messi after the Argentine superstar joined PSG in 2021.
Neymar made his comments after Romário asked whether Mbappé, “is annoying.”
“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,” Neymar said.
“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.”

Neymar also went further to claim that 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,” Neymar said.
“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.”
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Both Neymar and Mbappe joined PSG in 2017 from Barcelona and AS Monaco, respectively.
Neymar said that he has no regret picking Barcelona ahead of Real Madrid, when he moved to Spain from Brazil.
“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”.
“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.”
Amid news of Neymar’s imminent exit from Al Hilal in coming days, the 32-year-old was rumoured to be joining Messi at Inter Miami.