Two months after leaving Paris Saint-Germain to join Al-Hilal, the 31-year-old Neymar responded irritably to a social media post that claimed his departure from PSG was due to unsuccessful physical tests.
The Brazilian forward, who left PSG for around €90 million at the end of the transfer window, dismissed this assertion as a complete falsehood. « The night passes, the day passes, and things don’t change, » the former Parisian wrote on his Instagram account.
He added, « There are accounts that are not part of the player’s daily life; they don’t know what’s really happening, but they post as if they were the person in question… I still believe in a future without fake news. »
According to this Brazilian media outlet targeted by Neymar’s criticism, PSG’s coach, Luis Enrique, allegedly informed the Brazilian that he would not be a starter if he remained with PSG, so he was free to leave. However, Neymar also refutes this claim. Since then, the article has been removed.