Neymar ‘cries and screams’ after defying Mbappe with £880k poker loss

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Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar has risked the wrath of his team-mate Kylian Mbappe once again after the Brazilian was spotted playing poker on an online stream on Wednesday. Footage has emerged on social media appearing to show the winger, who is currently sidelined with an ankle injury, fake crying and screaming after losing £880,000 in the space of an hour while playing the card game.

Neymar is often spotted at poker events around the world pitting himself against some of the most experienced players on the planet. And when he is not physically able to make it to the casino table, he often gets involved in online tournaments due to the busy lifestyle of being a professional footballer.

On this occasion, the Brazil international broadcast a stream on Twitch which appeared to show him playing poker online with friends. And he would end up regretting his choices, as it is reported by Brazilian outlet Globo that he lost an eye-watering £880,000 (€1m) in the space of an hour on a betting website.

While the thought of losing nearly £900k in just 60 minutes is incomprehensible for most people, such an amount is a drop in the water for the 31-year-old, whose net worth is thought to be around £77m ($96m), according to Forbes.

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He still has four years remaining on the £31.6m-a-year (€36m) deal he signed in 2021 and, in comparison to his huge poker loss, it only equates to losing a weeks’ wages.

As a result, Neymar is unlikely to lose much sleep over it and in the video, he could be seen ‘fake crying’ and ‘screaming’, before laughing off the loss as if it was a standard night for the Ligue 1 attacker.

But when he recovers from injury and returns to training, he could find himself in hot water with Mbappe over his antics.

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Only back in February, Mbappe had called on his team-mates to fully focus on their Champions League last-16 clash with Bayern Munich – making references to a clean diet and sleeping habits.

It was indicated that he was talking about Neymar amid concerns over his private life, and just hours after losing 1-0 to Bayern in Paris, he was seen out on the town eating McDonald’s and playing in a poker tournament.

PSG boss Christophe Galtier refused to condemn Neymar for his public jaunt, insisting he was free to do what he wants in his spare time away from the pitch, but Mbappe may feel differently.

“I’m not going to associate Kylian’s statement with the photo of Ney in a fast-food restaurant,” Galtier told reporters. “I spoke with Ney, I told him what I thought.

“He has the right, on his day off, to play poker, which he loves. I told him what I thought of this photo that came out. There is no confusion to be made.”

Neymar has been linked with a move to the Premier League, with Chelsea and Newcastle United credited with an interest in the Brazilian, and it is little wonder after scoring 13 goals and registering 11 assists in just 20 Ligue 1 appearances.

But with injuries rife and his behaviour away from the pitch under question, it may cause clubs to think twice about moving for the PSG star if he becomes available.

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