Neymar has issued a withering depiction of his time at Paris Saint\u2011Germain, saying he was subject to unfair abuse from the club\u2019s fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview with Globe aired on Sunday he spoke about the mixed feelings he had when his former PSG and Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi won the World Cup with Argentina last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was very happy for the year [Messi] had, but at the same time very sad, because he lived both sides of the coin,\u201d said Neymar,\u00a0who joined Al-Hilal this summer, ending his six-year stay in France. \u201cHe went to heaven with the Argentina team, won everything in recent years, and with Paris he lived hell, we lived through hell, both he and I.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neymar and Messi\u00a0came from under fire from sections of the PSG fanbase after failing to win the Champions League with the club. Both players were booed towards the end of their time in Paris. \u201cWe get upset, because we\u2019re not there for nothing, we\u2019re there to do our best, [to] be champions, try to make history,\u201d the Brazilian said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why we started playing together again, we came together there so we could make history. Unfortunately, we didn\u2019t make it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Messi left PSG this summer, joining Inter Miami in Major League Soccer, where he has transformed the club\u2019s fortunes. Neymar said the criticism of the Argentinian by PSG fans was unfair. \u201cHe\u2019s a guy who trains, who fights, if he loses he gets angry and he was unfairly targeted, in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abuse from fans is not just a problem in France, though. Neymar also spoke about the racist abuse his friend Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior has suffered in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s sad, it\u2019s sad, today\u2019s world has changed a lot, all this prejudice with colour \u2026 it\u2019s very sad to see a friend go through this,\u201d Neymar said. \u201cNot just a friend, but all the people who have gone through this and go through this on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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