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Journalist
Graduated from Journalism School in Paris. Specializing in football, and more particularly on the transfer window. Fan of PSG and Stade Français.
During the 2017 summer transfer window, PSG struck a very big blow with the fanfare arrival of Neymar for €222M. And the Brazilian striker also made a big announcement about his transfer to Paris, explaining that Lionel Messi had done everything to keep him at FC Barcelona in the final stretch.
€222M is the amount of the legendary transfer of Neymar a direction you PSG in the summer of 2017, the most expensive deal in the history of market (record still valid to this day). An operation which had spilled a lot of ink at the time, and yet, PSG could have missed Neymar due to Lionel Messi !
-Messi wanted to hold him back
Asked about Romario TV Thursday evening, Neymar made a big revelation about his transfer to PSG : « During my last week at Barcelona, Messi said to me: 'Why are you leaving? Do you want to be the best in the world? So I'm going to make you the best player in the world' », indicates the Brazilian striker, who had finally found Messi au PSG in 2021. But this had led to tensions with Kylian Mbappé.
“Mbappé became jealous”
« We had our little quarrels. At the beginning, I called him “Golden Boy”, I talked to him, told him that he was going to become one of the best players in the world and that I would always be there to help him, to discuss with him. When Leo arrived, he got a little jealous. He didn't want to share me with anyone », continues the former number 10 of the PSG.
