On Cristiano Ronaldo, the flowers were enormous. “Cristiano Ronaldo has more passion for football and, therefore, he puts it as a priority,” said the strategist. That's unlike Neymar. “He has more passion for other things and he puts those other things, which is his private life, first,” he said.
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“Neymar is a fabulous player, but I think he is the opposite of Cristiano Ronaldo,” added the strategist. Despite all the bad things, the Portuguese coach stated that “he had never worked with Neymar. We worked for a month and a half, nothing more. It's something out of the ordinary, it's out of the ordinary. And, therefore, we lost quality, at least offensively.”
Jorge Jesus and Neymar only met at Al Hilal in five games during 2023, before the Brazilian's injury. Although he still does not have a date to return to the fields, Ney would miss the next Copa América and perhaps could return in the middle of the year, confirmed Rodrigo Lasmar, doctor of the Brazilian team.
Neymar will miss the rest of the season with Al-Hilal, due to his torn anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus, all of which occurred on October 18 in Brazil's match against Uruguay, a match valid for qualifying for the World Cup. 2026. In the Saudi Professional League, eight foreigners are allowed per team, and Al-Hilal already had all those chips covered with: Bono, Koulibaly, Rubén Neves, Milinkovic Savic, Michael, Malcom, Mitrovic, and Neymar himself.
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Ney's controversial cruise
“Ney on the high seas”, in collaboration with the cruise company MSC, traveled a route prepared months ago, where the main attraction is the presence of Neymar. The party did not stop in the 72 hours of travel and they had casinos, bowling alleys, cinemas, shows, among others. Now in the ranks of Al Hilal, the striker, in the process of recovering from his injury, did not seem to have encountered too many obstacles to take the helm of the party.
