The story has it that, "Barcelona president, Sandro Rosell was well aware of the possible risks involved in signing Neymar for two quite different reasons:
Interest
Firstly, the high costs involved in the transfer deal, which only went up and up with the growing interest shown by other clubs, and also because of how Messi might react to having a competitor on the pitch.
Barça has known all along that the operation was going to be very costly and for this reason wanted to know beforehand what Messi thought about Neymar joining the club.
Leadership
In the wake of disputes involving other forwards, Rosell wasn't about to start things off on a bad footing. Messi reportedly reacted very positively to the decision and encouraged the club to go ahead and sign the Brazilian.
However, Barcelona bigwigs sat down with the Brazilian and explained that Messi would still be the boss and his leadership could not be challenged."
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