Real Madrid defender Pepe has dismissed suggestions he is a violent player and has pointed out 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.
But the Portugal centre-back believes he does not deserve his reputation as a violent player and feels 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.
Pepe has been booked five times in 20 La Liga appearances this season, with Neymar seeing yellow six times in 31 games.
