Neymar Says He Misses Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez's Barcelona Friendship

Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar has said he misses playing with former Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.

The Brazilian moved to the French capital last summer, making a world-record £200 million transfer to the Parc des Princes from Barca, and he told Selecao legend Zico in an interview on YouTube that he misses playing in the Blaugrana front three, per Goal's Robin Bairner: 

"The friendship that we had was something very beautiful. What I miss from Barcelona and about Barcelona is these two, due to the joy we had on a daily basis. There was a game where I dribbled several players and then gave a pass.

"Messi dribbled several players in another play and Suarez tried to do the same dribbling and then a backflip pass. We started to laugh at him. We were so intimate that we could laugh at each other when one couldn't do things. And then he arrives at the locker room and says: 'Well, I saw you dribbling and I tried to do the same.'"

Neymar, 26, is sidelined due to a foot injury but has enjoyed a successful first season with PSG, winning a domestic treble and netting 19 goals in 20 Ligue 1 appearances.

However, there have been widespread reports he is not happy in Paris, and he has been heavily linked with a summer move to Real after just a year in France, per Marca's Carlos Carpio.

A recent tweet from Neymar may have gone some way to reassuring PSG fans he will stay at the club past the summer:

But it is clear he still holds Barcelona in high esteem and cherishes the on- and off-field relationship he formed with Suarez and Messi.