Brazil captain Thiago Silva has hit back at Marseille’s Joey Barton for his comments about the Seleção and star player Neymar.
The English midfielder, currently on loan from QPR, has publicly slammed Neymar on Twitter numerous times, describing the Santos striker as “football"s version of Justin Bieber".
Thiago Silva, who has been capped 32 times, was far from happy with the comments and rushed to defend the national team and his compatriots.
He told L"Equipe: “I can hear a lot of people criticising the Seleção.
“There is even a Marseille player, I cannot remember his name, an Englishman, who has said bad things about Neymar, and Brazilian football, but also about Beckham and Ibra [Ibrahimovic]. As no one is talking about him, it seems fun to him to criticise great players for people to know he exists.
“It gives me much more desire to win to silence that Englishman. What does he know about Brazilian football? I don"t remember having played against him in the national team.
“That person must never forget on Auriverde [gold and green] shirt there is more stars than on any other shirt. Five World Cups. That deserves some respect.
“But it gives me much more desire to win to silence that Englishman. What does he know about Brazilian football? I don"t remember having played against him in the national team."
Barton quickly responded to Silva"s comments, via his Twitter account: “Thiago Silva. That the same p**** thats been injured all season. Another over rated Brazilian. Sort your hamstrings out FatBoy…"
Source: Sky Sports
