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Simeone: I’d pick Neymar ahead of Mbappe

Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone has explained that he would pick Neymar for one of his teams before Kylian Mbappe.

The Paris Saint-Germain duo are the two most expensive players in the history of football, with Mbappe one of the game’s undoubted rising stars after helping France to World Cup success at Russia 2018.

But while the teenager continues to generate headlines, largely for positive reasons, it is the former Barcelona man who the Argentine would prefer to have among his ranks.

Asked by Cadena COPE which of the players he would prefer, Simeone replied: “Neymar.