Neymar opens up about Lionel Messi and difficult times at PSG: 'We lived through hell, both he and I'
CBS Sports Neymar has claimed that he and former teammate Lionel Messi "lived through hell" during their time together as Paris Saint-Germain players. The fallen Brazilian superstar and the legendary Argentina international both left Parc des Princes this summer after an unsuccessful spell together in France.
Neymar joined Al-Hilal for around $97 million this summer while Messi rejected the Saudi Pro League to sign for Major League Soccer's Inter Miami as a free agent. The 31-year-old told Globo's Esporte Espetacular that he was happy for Messi's success at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar last year but sad for their shared struggle in Paris.
"I was very happy for the year that he had," said Neymar in an interview that was recorded in June before being broadcast this past weekend. "But at the same time, I was 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."
