Messi: I have no problem with Neymar

The Argentine insists he gets on with the
Brazilian "on and off the pitch" and stresses
there has been no great upheaval under new
coach Gerardo Martino Barcelona star Lionel Messi has made it clear he has had no problems with Neymar since the Brazilian's €57 million move to the club.
The Argentine ace started a game alongside
the 21-year-old for the first time on
Wednesday, with both players getting on the
scoresheet in a 7-1 thrashing of Thailand, and
Messi insists that any speculation of unrest between the pair is pure speculation from the
media.
"There’s no problem between us; these are
things that come out of the press," he told a
press conference in Kuala Lumpur.
"We get on with each other on and off the pitch and we’re getting to know each other little by
little. We haven’t played much together. But
he’ll bring a lot of joy to the club, to us and to
the people."
Messi went on to explain the impact of new
coach Gerardo Martino at Camp Nou, revealing the former Newell's Old Boys coach is keen for
the team to improve their pressing game once
more in the 2013-14 season.
"He is telling us that we need to get back to
being who we have been for the last few
years," Messi explained. "He wants us to create more pressure and work on recovering the ball
as quickly as possible. We’re out to do that.
"We’re still getting to know each other. Every
coach has his own things. He hasn’t come to
change anything, just to get back what we lost
a little last year." Barcelona face a Malaysia XI on Saturday in the
latest leg of their lengthy pre-season tour, but
Messi believes their work this summer will pay
dividends come the new campaign.
"I don’t know whether it [the tour] is the best
way to prepare or not, but it’s what we’re doing," the 26-year-old said.
"We’re working very well. There are a lot of
events and there’s a lot of travelling. We train
when we can and take the matches very
seriously.
"The games help us to get into our rhythm, it’s good preparation and we’ll come into the
season in good shape."