“Messi and Suarez are two great friends I have in football. “Friendship and humility is the secret of the MSN’s success,” Neymar said in 2015. It also helped that, from the start, both Suarez and Neymar were more than happy to accept that Messi was top dog, both in the team, and in the world. “I enjoy being with him, although he doesn’t like anyone to touch his hair. “Neymar is a very happy person, he laughs at everything,” Suarez said in 2016. Neymar did not sit in for that, but did enjoy his team-mate’s infectious sense of humour. They also bonded playing the board game Parchis on away trips. Even before his Barca debut, Suarez was being invited to barbecues in Messi’s garden. Suarez’s outgoing personality was key in blending the new front trio together, as Neymar’s first season alongside Messi in the team had not gone so well. The team coached by arch pragmatist Luis Enrique matched his former team-mate Guardiola’s achievement in winning a Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Rey treble in his first season in charge. The trio between them scored 122 goals (58 for Messi, 39 for Neymar and 25 for Suarez), while sharing out 66 assists (31 by Messi, 24 by Suarez and 11 by Neymar). Most at the Camp Nou were happy enough by the end of the following season. But his views were shared by many around the Camp Nou who thought the new “MSN” front line would jeopardise the team’s success based on the midfield-centric model started by Cruyff himself, and then continued in particular under Pep Guardiola. I would still give it to Suarez since the guy carried Liverpool with Sturridge and a downhill team lead by Brendan Rogers LOL to a 2nd place PL while been banned for weeks cuz of conduct and when he join Barca after a 3 months banned, he somehow adapted to Barca and became Messi’s best partner.Cruyff’s thoughts on the arrival of Suarez from Liverpool that summer were partly motivated by personal animus with club president Sandro Rosell. If anything, Suarez was a lot more consistent but Neymar have the flair and the timing on important moments.
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