Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20062710" data-attributes="member: 158020">Pepe: I am not violent - Neymar is worse! <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/omnisport/fa/ed/pepe-neymar-cropped_1jsybalts11pr1v0ty2sdm2ze5.jpg?t=1370479188&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Real Madrid defender Pepe has dismissed suggestions he is a violent player and has pointed out that Barcelona forward Neymar has been booked more this campaign. Pepe has been involved in a number of controversial incidents throughout his career, receiving a 10-match ban in 2008-09 after stamping on Getafe's Javier Casquero, while also making the headlines for the wrong reasons in games against Barcelona on more than one occasion. The centre-back has been booked five times in 20 La Liga appearances this season, with Neymar seeing yellow six times in 31 games, and he believes he does not deserve his reputation as a violent player, insisting Madrid would already have offloaded him had he really been "crazy". "The people can say what they want, but fact remains that Neymar has been booked more often than me," Pepe told Surface. "Real Madrid are an exemplary club. I would never have had the chance to play for this club for such a long period had I really been such a crazy, violent player."The 33-year-old has been at Madrid for almost nine years, having joined from Porto in summer 2007.</blockquote>

Top Bottom