'I want to play with Messi next season' - Neymar
Following Paris Saint-Germain's comfortable triumph over Manchester United in the Uefa Champions League on Wednesday night, Neymar made some post-match comments and said he hoped to play alongside Lionel Messi come next season.
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| Champions League: Manchester United 1-3 Paris Saint-Germain. In the photo, Neymar celebrates goal for PSG. Photo: @neymarjr |
'What I want the most is to play with [Messi] again', the Brazilian forward said.
Neymar inspired French side PSG to a 3-1 victory over their English hosts Manchester United right inside the Old Trafford with an early lead in the 6th minute, Marquinhos made it two in the 69th minute and the Brazil international completed his brace with Les Parisiens' third to seal the win for Thomas Tuchel's side.
Marcus Rashford scored Man United's only goal in the 32nd minute.
After the encounter, Neymar said: “What I want most is to play with [Messi] again, to be able to enjoy being on the pitch with him again. He could play in my place. He won’t have any problems, I’m sure. I want to play with him again and I’m sure that, next season, we have to do it.”
The 28-year old Brazilian has a contract with PSG that will retain him at the Parc des Princes until the 2021/22 season, so, it's agreeable he could move this summer.
Fantastic three points for the Les Parisiens in Manchester ⬇
However, Paris Saint-Germain are keen to extend Neymar's stay in France with a new deal.
With Argentine playmaker Lionel Messi looking to exit Camp Nou at the end of the season, Spanish giants Barcelona are ready to do whatever it requires to keep him.
According to soccer.nbcsports.com:
Remember that Messi pressed hard for Barcelona to purchase Neymar in the Summer of 2019 only to be disappointed when the club bought Antoine Griezmann, who has since been often mentioned as swap deal material.
There were other rumors Wednesday that Real Madrid wanted to use Eden Hazard to make a Kylian Mbappe transfer more palatable to PSG (which, whatever, but Hazard was talking about luring Mbappe to Real as a teammate less than two weeks ago).
The Neymar deal seems way more likely, but both would still take a crazy amount of work (and insufferable amount of rumors).
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