Neymar declares himself to Santos and jokes about being invited to play for Corinthians

At poker event, Brazilian star rules out playing for Corinthians and reflects on future as he recovers from injury

Taking a break from football, star Neymar attended the ‘BSOP One Neymar Jr Edition’, held in conjunction with PokerStars, last weekend and talked, of course, about football. Among the topics discussed in a relaxed manner, the Brazilian star declared himself to Santos and responded to a friend’s invitation to play for Corinthians as something “very difficult”.

While signing a Santos shirt for a fan, Neymar praised the club that had Pelé as king and him as prince.

“This here is the biggest team in the world. Santos! Forget it. The biggest team in the world, bigger than anything else. It revealed the king (Pelé) and the prince (Neymar)… Say something more, say it. Has anyone done more than this citizen here? Take a look,” said Neymar, pointing to the crown printed on the shirt in honor of Pelé.

Subsequently, André Akkari, a former professional poker player, took advantage of his friendship with Neymar to try to convince the star to play for Corinthians.

“I respect Corinthians a lot, but you have to respect Santos a lot. I know I’m still young, but it’s very difficult, right? Santos is my favorite team,” he explained.

Currently recovering from a right thigh muscle injury and in the final stage of his contract with Al-Hilal, Neymar is still evaluating the next steps in his career.

Memphis Depay praises Neymar

Memphis Depay, who was also present at the event, praised Neymar and reinforced his admiration for the Brazilian.

“Ney knows what I told him, it’s something that concerns us. But obviously he is very important for the country, a superstar, with the talent to take Brazil to the world title. I would like to play with him at Corinthians. Even if he supports Santos, I think he has a lot of friends from Corinthians. It was a great time together, I hope he is happy wherever he is,” commented Memphis.

Although Memphis and Neymar played for Barcelona, ​​it was in different periods: Ney was at the club from 2013 to 2017, while Memphis played there between 2021 and 2022.

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Source: Terra

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