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He forgot Lionel Messi? The hint with which Neymar says goodbye to his friend forever

The Brazilian attacker could never play once against with Messi, despite the desire of the Argentinian legend.

By Mauricio Saenz

The Brazilian attacker could never play once against with Messi, despite the desire of the Argentinian legend.
The Brazilian attacker could never play once against with Messi, despite the desire of the Argentinian legend.

Since Neymar left FC Barcelona, things changed a lot in the club. Lionel Messi was left alone and even tried to leave the club, something he couldn’t do after ex-president Josep María Bartomeu closed him the exit game. After the departure of Bartomeu and with his contract near the end, things may change now.

But Messi also wanted to play once again with Neymar. He was sure that the Brazilian could have been his successor and wanted to be nearby him to teach him his techniques while he grew. Ney considered that moving from Barcelona will let him escape from Messi’s overshadow and went to PSG.


After three years of that historic transfer and with the rumors of him going back to play with Messi, Neymar closed that door and probably did it forever. He is arranging a renewal of his contract to stay until the very end of his career at the French club. That will make him and Messi never play together again.


The contract of Neymar ends on June 2022 and the renewal will be made for five years more since now. The conditions that the club offers him are undeniable: $35 million per season. With that, he is one of the best paid players on the whole world and not even the desire of playing with Messi will take him out.


Mauricio Saenz

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