The MS chooses the MSN

The MS chooses the MSN

Xavier Ortuño

Subdirector de SPORT

Neymar estará en el punto de mira de todos
Neymar estará en el punto de mira de todos | AFP

Leo Messi and Luis Suarez don't just get on well on the pitch - where they do get on brilliantly - but also off it, in leisure time too. They've shown as much on their holidays, and now they are united on the Neymar topic too. The players know that business matters are business matters and the dressing room tries to stay out of them to focus on the game itself - they don't interfere generally with contract renewals, transfers, etc. But this case is different and both Suarez and Messi have been an essential part of the operation to keep Neymar at the club and away from PSG. 

Exceptional situations call for exceptional measures and this meant Ney being sat down by Messi and Suarez to talk about the future. They want to keep him by their side, stopping unneccssary experiments to find someone else who can perform so well alongside them. In Neymar they have a world class player whom they mesh well with. And with Rafinha not on the tour, injured, the only Brazilian bar Douglas, they took it upon themselves to talk to him. 

Neymar want to be the World No 1, and to arrive at that throne from the hands of Messi and Suarez will be safer, a little slower, but a lot more successful.