“Neymar Jr. Skips PSG Championship Celebration to Play Poker in Monaco”

Poker party instead of master party!

While Paris Saint-Germain secured the club’s eleventh league title with a 1-1 draw against Strasbourg on Saturday night, one player seemed to have better things to do than celebrate the league title with his team-mates: Neymar jr. (31) apparently preferred playing poker in Monaco!

BILD caught the Brazilian in a poker game on the so-called “Energy Station”. That’s the name of the opulent hospitality for Red Bull Racing and their sister team AlphaTauri, floating on a giant pontoon in Monaco Harbour. There was a party on it yesterday – and the injured PSG kicker was there too, staying in a VIP area before playing poker. Well camouflaged with a white cap, he gambled surrounded by numerous onlookers at the shower event.

The Brazilian was at the hospitality before midnight, from about 1 a.m. he played poker at the first table, later switched to the second. At around 2 a.m. he left the party with his entourage.

The match between Racing Strasbourg and Paris Saint-Germain kicked off in Strasbourg at 9 p.m. At 11 p.m. it was clear: Paris Saint-Germain is the French champion. A flight from Strasbourg to Nice, which is the nearest airport from Monaco, takes 1 hour and 20 minutes. A visit to the stadium is therefore impossible with a journey to the Principality. How do teammates and club bosses rate the absence?

Neymar Jr. has a contract with PSG until 2025 with a player option for a further year. Also because PSG is planning the upheaval in the summer, there have always been transfer rumors about Neymar. PSG had paid the record sum of 222 million euros for Neymar to FC Barcelona in 2017.

He last played on February 19 due to an ankle injury and hasn’t played since.

The Brazilian footballer is a guest of the Red Bull team on the Formula 1 weekend in Monaco, was actually only announced for the paddock for Sunday – but apparently arrived earlier.