Neymar-Messi
Lionel Messi has admitted that he thought Neymar would join Real Madrid this summer if he didn’t sign for Barcelona instead.
Barca forward Lionel Messi
The Brazilian forward made no secret of his desire to leave Paris Saint-Germain and both of Spain’s big two clubs were linked with him.
“I really thought Neymarwould go to Real Madrid if he didn’t come here,” Messi said in an interview with RAC1, the full version of which will be broadcast on Wednesday.
- Full Letters: Trump moves to halt impeachment inquiry, Democrats protest
- PDP challenges Buhari to make presidency allocation details public
“He really wanted to leave Paris and he’d shown it.”And I thought that Florentino [Perez] and Real Madrid were going to do something to sign him.”
Messi also spoke about the red card that Ousmane Dembele received against Sevilla for criticising referee Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz.
“It was difficult to say because [Dembele] struggles to string sentences together to say something so clear,” he said.
“It surprised us that Mateu Lahoz heard him so clearly, he struggles to speak Spanish.”
Disclaimer
Comments expressed here do not reflect the opinions of Vanguard newspapers or any employee thereof.