Leo Messi published pictures of himself with Neymar on social media, just hours after the club confirmed they were suing the Brazilian forward for breach of contract.
This has however sparked the cold war between the Barcelona board and the Barça dressing room.
‘He’s back’ read Messi’s message below a photograph taken at the birthday celebration of Neymar’s son Davi Lucca in Catalonia on Tuesday.
The message was a joke at Gerard Pique’s expense, made in reference to Pique’s famous ‘he stays’ tweet. But the Instagram post was also aimed at the Barcelona board who just hours earlier had confirmed they were taking Neymar to court.
Neymar also published a photograph of himself with Pique and the message ‘He stays,’ which was commented on by former Barcelona transfer target Marco Veratti.
Neymar also posted on his official Instagram account a picture of the Barcelona reunion
Neymar also produced a tongue-in-cheek caption for the picture of him and Gerard Pique, writing ‘he stays’ with a laughing emoji, made in reference to Pique’s famous ‘he stays’ tweet.
And Pique appeared in a group shot posted by Neymar that included Messi, Luis Suarez, Ivan Rakitic, Alves and the Brazilian defender Douglas.