PSG chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi hits again at Neymar as he insists the French giants have ‘never been so united’ next his Saudi departure… soon after the Brazilian claimed he and Lionel Messi ‘went through hell’ in Paris
Previous director Leonardo criticised the support for Mbappe, Neymar and Messi Al-Khelaifi claimed that PSG would aim on overall performance alternatively than results Listen to the most up-to-date episode of Mail Sport’s podcast It’s All Kicking Off
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has provided a rebuttal to criticism levelled at the French giants in latest weeks, from each previous star Neymar and ex-sporting director Leonardo.
The Brazilian star remaining the French money this summer season for Saudi Professional League side Al-Hilal in a deal truly worth £78million just after interactions soured at the Parc des Princes next his earth file arrival from Barcelona in 2017.
Nevertheless, after securing an exit from the club, he was fast to strike out at how he felt he and 7-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi experienced been handled, boasting that the pair had been put by way of hell.
Previous main Leonardo in the same way suggested that the pair – as perfectly as Kylian Mbappe – were not aided by aid from the club and the recognition to create a profitable environment.
As a outcome, Al-Khelaifi was rapid to dissuade talks of rigidity at the club on his arrival in Portugal for the opening of Sporting Braga’s new sporting sophisticated.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi (still left) has quashed chat of tension at PSG, professing they are a lot more united than at any time
Neymar (right) previously claimed that he and Lionel Messi (left) went by means of hell at PSG
Former Sporting director Leonardo criticised the ecosystem all over Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe
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‘Kylian Mbappé is an outstanding player and a superb individual,’ Al-Khelaifi reported.
‘And PSG’s group has by no means been so united on and off the pitch. This is something that we observed in this weekend’s 4-1 win at Lyon.
‘We have a superb mentor [Luis Enrique] and sports director [Luis Campos], and I am incredibly satisfied with the renewed spirit that reigns in the club.
‘This 12 months, in the new PSG cycle, we concentration fewer on benefits and far more on general performance and our design and style of enjoy,’ Al-Khelaifi added. ‘If we do this, the success will accompany us.
‘But some overlook that, in the final 4 seasons, PSG has arrived at the two the closing of the Champions League and the semifinal of the identical opposition and only two other teams have gone even more.’
In spite of boasting 1 of the most fearsome attacking triumvirates in Europe, with Mbappe flanked by Neymar and Messi, PSG had been unable to fulfil their ultimate desire of successful the Champions League.
As a result of their perceived star status in the activity, enthusiasts before long turned on equally South People in the wake of a disappointing Spherical of 16 exit versus Bayern Munich, which mostly noticed the get started of Neymar’s demise in Paris, right before his eventual exit.
Neymar, as for every AS Sporting activities, explained: ‘I was extremely pleased for the yr he (Messi) experienced, but also quite unhappy, due to the fact he lived equally sides of the coin.
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‘He realised a desire with Argentina and gained every little thing, but at PSG he lived through hell. We equally did.
‘Messi still left (PSG) in a way that, in a soccer standpoint, he did not deserve. Almost everything he is, every thing he does, anybody who is familiar with him, he’s a dude who trains, fights, if he loses he’s indignant and was unfairly accused.
‘It made me very delighted that he received the Planet Cup. Messi deserved to ‘end’ his job like this.’
A team of enthusiasts were recorded outside Neymar’s dwelling back again in May, chanting for him to depart the Parc des Princes, though Messi was consistently jeered through games toward the end of the period.
