Neymar Jr Labelled As Arrogant for an Addition to World Cup Kit, Richarlison Defends His Brazilian Teammate

Neymar Jr Labelled As Arrogant for an Addition to World Cup Kit, Richarlison Defends His Brazilian Teammate

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:17 PM
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  • Neymar Jr is already dreaming of Brazil's sixth World Cup title and edited his kit to reflect that
  • German publication BILD thinks that the Paris Saint-Germain star is arrogant after his recent photo
  • Richarlison says Brazil are going to win their sixth world title, and no one will stop them from doing so

Is Brazil’s Neymar Jr arrogant?

That’s what one German media outlet believes, after the Paris Saint-Germain attacker made a small change to his World Cup kit.

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Neymar Jr was labelled as arrogant after he added another star to his World Cup kit, but Richarlison has called him a dreamer. Image: Buda Mendes/@bestgug/ Toru Hanai/G
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What did Neymar do?

Neymar shared a picture of his 2022 World Cup shorts, but added another star to the kit. Brazil’s kit has five stars to represent the five tournaments they have won.

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As noted by Give Me Sport, Brazil are the most successful team in the tournament’s history, having won it in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Neymar added the extra star to represent that this year would be Brazil’s year.

What happened next?

German outlet BILD then labelled Neymar as being arrogant, but his teammate Richarlison isn’t having it, The Mirror reported.

"They are arrogant. We're just dreamers,” he retorted.

The Tottenham Hotspur attacker added the Brazilian side were dreaming about winning their sixth trophy, and they would pick it up whether anyone else liked it or not.

Brazil are one of the favourites to win the Mundial and will open their account against Serbia on Thursday, November 24. They will also have to face Switzerland and Cameroon in Group G.

As Saudi Arabia proved with their victory over Argentina, the favourite tag doesn’t mean anything.

Fred ejected from Brazil photo

Manchester United midfielder Fred once again got himself on the wrong side of his Brazil teammates, after inadvertently taking up Neymar's spot during Brazil's photo session.

Brazil had organised a quick photo-op at their training base in Turin, Italy, before heading to Qatar for the World Cup, Sports Brief has reported.

The five-time World Champions were training in Italy for the last week ahead of the World Cup, as they looked to a sixth title.

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Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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