Neymar Jr and Lionel Messi have remained close friends since their time as teammates at FC Barcelona from 2013 to 2017.
Alongside Luis Suarez, they formed a formidable trio in Barcelona’s attack and shone in Europe.
In 2017, Neymar decided to leave his friends to join Paris Saint-Germain for a transfer fee of 222 million euros.
Before leaving the Catalan club, the Brazilian was involved in a fight with one of his teammates during training, which displeased Messi.
According to Neymar himself, it was the only time Lionel Messi reprimanded him during his time at Barcelona.
As captain of the team, Messi didn’t appreciate his friend’s behavior and directly confronted him. “I remember one time Messi severely reprimanded me after training because I was fighting with Semedo.
After training, he spoke to me and said, ‘Here we play as one team and one family. I can’t have fighting within the team and give a bad image of Barcelona.
If you want to have problems with the administration and leave, that doesn’t mean giving a bad image to the team.’ He left angry with me. After that, I made up with Nelson Semedo before leaving Barcelona. It was the first time Messi was angry with me,” explained the Brazilian.
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