‘It’s like with my girlfriend. Football isn’t simply love and friendship’: Neymar on dispute with PSG sporting director

With media reviews flying suggesting that he had a heated argument with Luis Campos, Paris Saint Germain’s sporting director, Brazilian ahead Neymar Jr. has now confirmed reviews of a dressing room altercation with the previous.

“It happened, a little discussion, we weren’t in agreement. It’s part of football. Things happen every day. But I love them all,” he stated.

The 31-year-old did nevertheless add that the stated incident had been exaggerated by the French media.

French newspaper L’Equipe on Monday had reported that Neymar had reprimanded his PSG team-mates Vitinha and Hugo Ekitike for failing to move him the ball in the course of the Ligue 1 defeat, additional reporting that Campos, sad with the staff’s ‘lack of competitiveness’ of their 3-1 loss to Monaco on Saturday, then exchanged heated phrases with Neymar and PSG captain Marquinhos.

“It’s like with my girlfriend. Football isn’t just love and friendship. There is respect, but there have to be disagreements and discussions sometimes are needed to help you improve. We are not used to losing, so of course when we lose matches, that can disturb us. But it’s part of the process of getting better.”

Neymar was concerned with the remainder of his PSG teammates in a coaching session forward of their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first-leg in opposition to Bayern Munich on Tuesday in Paris.

On Jakub Jankto

Neymar additional backed Sparta Prague loaned Getafe participant Jakub Jankto, who got here out as a gay on Monday.

“It is an important day. Everyone is free.“There shouldn’t be so much prejudices. Everyone should be free. I was unaware, but every human being should be free to be whatever they want,” Neymar stated.