When Paris Saint-Germain prepared to face Manchester City earlier this year Lionel Messi was still in Barcelona and Neymar was fawning over his 'brotherly' relationship with team-mate Kylian Mbappe.
There was backslapping aplenty. You're great. No, you're great. Everyone with smiles washed across faces - publicly, at least.
PSG went on to lose that semi-final 2-1 at home before a 2-0 defeat away in Manchester. The Champions League dream was over for another season and the French side's incredibly ambitious Qatari ownership knew they needed more.
Mbappe to Idriss about Neymar :
“This beggar didn’t give me the pass” ud83dude02ud83dudc80
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