Neymar reacted to a social network account for defending Kylian Mbappe after the French striker helped PSG eliminate Barca in the Champions League quarterfinals yesterday.

Neymar left PSG to move to Al Hilal in the summer of 2023 for a transfer fee of 95 million USD. At that time, Brazilian media said that Mbappe had pushed a group of South American or Latin players out of PSG, including Lionel Messi, Neymar, Mauro Icardi, Leandro Paredes or Juan Bernat. They refer to Mbappe as “villain”, by dismissing the friendliness of the latin group.

A Brazilian Instagram account posted in defense of Mbappe after he scored twice to help PSG eliminate Barca in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. In response, Neymar responded: “What a self-humiliating person, a foreigner”.

Neymar did not mention anything about Mbappe in this comment, but he also “liked” an article saying the French captain was a villain at PSG. According to SportBible , Neymar is upset because he is not considered the main star of the team. Because Mbappe is increasingly asserting his influence at PSG, both in terms of expertise and salary.

Neymar and Mbappe have played for PSG since the summer of 2017. While Neymar only played 173 matches and scored 118 goals for the Paris club, Mbappe played 302 matches and scored 253 goals. Even when Messi goes to PSG, Mbappe still receives the highest salary in the team, up to 77 million USD per year. However, the 26-year-old striker will also leave PSG in the summer of 2024, to move to Real Madrid on a free basis.

In early 2021, Neymar still considered Mbappe as a “little brother” in interviews. Before that, Mbappe also called Neymar “brother”. The relationship between the two players has become more tense since the 2022 World Cup, when Mbappe won the top scorer award with eight scores, including a hat-trick in the final for runner-up France. The French striker was once said to have given PSG an ultimatum , saying he would only stay if Neymar left.