Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has revealed what he told Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar after he failed to secure a summer transfer from the Parc des Princes to the Nou Camp.
Neymar was strongly linked with a return to Barcelona for much of the summer, with the Independent among the sources to report on the potential deal and why it failed to materialise.
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The Brazil international notably left Barca for PSG back in 2017, and it seems he’s now going to have to put up with staying in the French capital a little longer than he might have wanted.
Pique, however, claims to have sent his old team-mate some words of encouragement as he reveals chatting to him after the move fell through.
The 32-year-old seems to fairly positive the deal could be revived in the future as he suggested he told Neymar that each year brings new opportunities.
“There’s been a lot of drama, and that’s normal because of who he is, but we have to turn the page,” he told radio station Cedena SER .
“I wish him the best. I spoke with him and I said I hope things go well for him this season and that you never know, each year brings a new opportunity, so we will see.”
Barcelona fans will likely still be quite split on re-signing the player that left them in 2017, while it’s also debatable if they even really need him after the signing of Antoine Griezmann this summer.