The Brazilian heaped praise on Paris Saint-Germain team-mate and backed him to become an all-time great
Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe will become one of the best players in football history, according to Neymar.
Mbappe has flourished since moving to PSG in 2017 after breaking through with Monaco the year before.
The 20-year-old has scored 50 goals in all competitions with PSG following his brace in Saturday's come-from-behind 2-1 Ligue 1 win against Caen.
The PSG and France sensation already has a World Cup medal and two Ligue 1 titles to his name, as well as Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue honours.
Neymar – who is recovering from a metatarsal injury – heaped praise on his PSG team-mate and fellow forward.
"The relationship I have with him is the best possible, both inside and out of the pitch," Neymar told Brazilian broadcaster Globo.
"I call him 'Golden Boy'. He's a boy for whom I have a very special affection, who will become one of the best players in football history, and I try to help him in the best way possible.
"Whatever attitude he has in training or in the game I come and talk to him, or he comes to talk to me. It is as if he were a brother. By competition, this is not what leads us to winning titles, thinking of individual titles… it is not because of that.
"We do not envy each other. When he scores a goal, he wants to give me a pass, when I give him a pass, I want him to score a goal too. We have this partnership, as I had with Lionel Messi as well [at Barcelona]."
khiladisuman
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Once legend said "when neymar wasn't born mbappe was 19 years old"
Milan1998
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We had a same thoughts about you but you had some other plans
lingesh
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The most generous person of all time
Kaodiklntu
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u all talk with no brain.that kid himself tells u he anit ready for neymar shoe technicaly neymar is the best player in the world because he dose things messi and cr7 would not even try.what neymar learn from messi and what he came to barca with he put that together and u get a master mind that can change the game at anytime...control the game neymar will make u look so bad on that pitch u would want to hurt him.my first team was barca and I love barca same way but I support neymar Jr and want to see PSG win UCL with him making history. neymar will never be in anyone shadow because they cannot do what he dose on that pitch with that ball....neymar should be in Harlemgoaltrader.we all know messi is the goat but neymar is the mastermind who use to feed the goat with passes. cr7 is a goal mind for goal that don't play infornt of goal.there u have it and if u know football and play football like me then u will know I talk facts.three best player in the world and that 20 year old young man will get there and him and neymar will take time rocking football for us
messi2345
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he will be not at the level of this man