NEYMAR has confirmed that reports are TRUE that he had a sensational argument with Paris Saint-Germain chief Luis Campos and team-mate Marquinhos.
Sporting director Campos stormed into the PSG dressing-room after the 3-1 defeat to Monaco on Saturday.
He is then said to have accused his players of lacking aggression in a fierce blast – but not all of them were ready to sit back and take it.
Both Brazilian superstar Neymar, 31, and his compatriot Marquinhos, 28, took exception as things got heated.
That was PSG’s fourth defeat of 2023, however, the club still decided to put up the world’s most-expensive footballer Neymar for media duties yesterday ahead of the last-16 Champions League tie with Bayern Munich.
And he opened up fully about the row, comparing it to one similar to his girlfriend, as Foot Mercato claimed that the club were willing to sell him this summer.
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He said: “It has happened. We didn’t agree with what was being said at that time, so we had a discussion about it.
“I speak to my friends every day, and I love all of them. It is like that with my girlfriend as well.
“We talk about football, all of us. Football is about communicating. Of course, there is respect on both sides, and sometimes you don’t agree on things. So there might be a discussion to improve the team, the atmosphere, our play.
“We have lost a few games and we are frustrated about that. We want to win all the time.
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“When those defeats come around, it hurts, so discussions are part of that. That can help us improve as a team.
“I think it has helped because we cleared things up. We know what we are all thinking.”
Neymar, who appears to have reignited his relationship with ex-fiancee Bruna Biancardi, added: “In terms of blocking things like that in the dressing-room, sometimes there are things that get into the press, and they can go viral very quickly.
“When there is information like that, we are angry. It is my sixth season here at PSG and it is difficult.
“Sometimes things have come out at important moments, like before a final. But I don’t know what was going on.
“As a player and a team-mate here, that doesn’t just affect me, it affects everyone and the coach.
“We have to work out what is happening. Things in the dressing-room shouldn’t come out. That is sad. There are things that need to be resolved internally and not out on the street.
“You do that with your friends and family, and team-mates. You are with everyone from day to day.
“We have to stay together, so it’s annoying those things come out. I am sure there will be more in the future. That is all part of football.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
