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Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar told ESPN that he wants to play with his former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi again next season.
Messi, 33, is out of contract at Camp Nou next summer and is free to speak to other clubs from January.
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Neymar, who was part of a powerful forward three with Messi and Luis Suárez for four years with Barça, has been constantly linked with a return to Camp Nou since he left for PSG in a world record transfer of € 222 million in 2017. .
“What I want most is to play with Messi again, to be able to enjoy him one more time on the pitch,” Neymar said after PSG’s 3-1 Champions League win against Manchester United on Wednesday when asked on the incorporation of the Argentine superstar. in Paris.
“He can play in my place, I have no problem with that! But I want to play with him next year for sure. We have to do it next season.”
Neymar’s comments will increase speculation that Messi could join him in the French capital in 2021.
Messi wanted to leave Barça in August following the 8-2 Champions League elimination to Bayern and sources told ESPN at the time that Manchester City led the chase to sign him.
However, PSG was also following the situation and manager Thomas Tuchel has said that the Argentine would be “very welcome” in Paris.
Barça hope to be able to convince Messi to sign a new contract with the club, but talks on a renewal are suspended until a new president is elected on January 24.
The new president’s first task will be to sit down with Messi and his father and his agent, Jorge, and sell him his vision of the club to convince him to stay.
Neymar and Messi could also meet again at Barça. the Blaugrana tried to re-sign him in 2019, but failed to reach an agreement with PSG on a fee.
Barça were also considering making a new attempt to bring him back this year, until the coronavirus pandemic hit their transfer plans.
Neymar also made a brief comment about Diego Maradona, also from South America, who died at the age of 60 on November 25: “Life is sometimes very complicated because people who had to go out forever and Diego had to be an eternal figure.”
Source: espn.co.uk
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