'We lived through hell' - Neymar makes startling remarks about his and Lionel Messi's time at PSG 

Brazilain superstar Neymar has made a sensational remark about his and Argentina icon Lionel Messi's time in Paris. The star strikers had a fruitful campaign together with Barcelona but the situation was reversed during their spell at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Neymar has claimed that he and Messi have been through hell over the past few months at the Paris-based club.

Neymar, who made a surprise €222 million move to PSG in 2017, teamed up with Messi in 2021 when the Argentine's time in Catalonia expired. The two were teammates in the French capital for two seasons and have called time on their journey at the club this summer. Messi joined Inter Miami to play in the Major League Soccer (MLS) and Neymar went to Saudi Arabia to play for Al-Hilal in the Saudi Pro League.

Speaking to Brazilian outlet Globo, Neymar revealed: “I was very happy for the year he (Messi) had, but at the same time very sad, because he lived both sides of the coin, he 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. We get upset, because we're not there for nothing, we're there to do our best, be champions, try to make history, that's why we started playing together again, we came together there so we could make history. Unfortunately, we didn't make it."

Messi deserved to end his career like this: Neymar 

The 31-year-old further said that Messi was unfairly treated at PSG. Notably, the 2022 FIFA World Cup winner has been booed by PSG fans on several occasions for their failure in the Champions League 2022/23.

“Messi left in a way that, for football, he didn't deserve. For everything he is, everything he does, anyone who knows him knows, he is a guy who trains, who fights, if he loses he gets angry, and he was unfairly treated in my opinion. But at the same time I was very happy that he won the World Cup. As you said, football was fair this time, since the Brazilian team lost, Messi deserved to end his career like this,” Neymar added.