Messi has expressed his fear over Neymar's transfer in the summer that he believed Florentino and Madrid were going to do something to take Neymar away.
Asked about Neymar and Barca's interest in signing him, Messi showed his great fear of the summer: "I honestly thought at a moment, especially in this market, that if he didn't come here he would go to Madrid because I thought he wanted to leave."
"He had said it, he wanted to change, to leave Paris. And I thought Florentino and Madrid were going to do something to take him away."