Messi tried to convince Neymar to stay at Camp Nou when PSG came calling in the summer, but the Brazilian insisted on leaving, which made people feel there will be bad blood between the two iconic footballers. But Neymar insists there is no love lost between him and the Argentine captain and confessed that he was happy Messi made it through to Russia.
“I’m happy for him,” he said, according Ligue1.com, “I’m happy to see a friend participate in such an important competition, I also have friends in the Chile team but we’re men, we have to play to win every game.” The PSG man added. Neymar has had a blistering start to his Ligue 1 career, the former Santos man has eight goals in his first eight PSG games and has racked up a torrent of assists alongside Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe, too. Barcelona has coped successfully with life after Neymar, the Blaugrana sit five points clear at the top of La Liga having played just seven games and Messi has 14 goals in just 11 appearances.