Paris Saint Germain needs peace in the face of the complex revenge that they will have against Bayern Munich for the Champions League, but the climate is getting thicker. The critical eye in the club is placed on Neymar, who had an excellent first semester but started 2023 as the protagonist of various controversial situations. After the crosses with the sports director and the suggestive phrases of Kylian Mbappé about the care in personal life that became related to the Brazilian, the focus returned to his parties.
The newspaper L’Equipe made an extensive report to detail the controversy that exists in his neighborhood for his celebrations. The journalist Tom Prevot spoke with different residents of Bougival, a small town on the outskirts of Paris where Ney has had his mansion since 2017, when he landed at PSG. “Once he brought tents, an orchestra and all the sound equipment. I live across the street and my windows were shaking,” said one of the testimonies. “We hear everything even though we live 600 meters away. This person has no respect, the fact that it is Neymar is no excuse. Some evenings have lasted 48 hours”, added a retired neighbor who is “fed up” with the nights out, according to the outlet.
On February 5, Ney had his birthday and the celebration at his home revealed a new conflict in his life off the pitch. The mayor of Bougival, Luc Wattelle, complained at the time and defined him as an “individual with no respect” for his neighbors in an interview with Le Parisien. This time, several individuals acknowledged his discomfort: “This is allowed to be done on Tuesday, Sunday night. It’s annoying, but luckily it only happens a few times a year,” said a citizen of the commune named Thierry. Another person, named Maëlle, clarifies that the 31-year-old player has parties like any other neighbor, but she pointed out a detail that bothers her: “What we can blame him for are the dead bottles that his guests leave on the street.” .
The French newspaper affirms that on social networks a neighbor opened a movement against Ney’s festivities in one of the groups linked to Bougival, although hours later it was eliminated. However, the opinions of the people who live in the place are diverse: “We hear the screams of girls, the roar of engines, but it is acceptable. It happens once a month at the most and they rarely bother me,” a neighbor testified. Another woman identified as Dorianne clarified that she “had a birthday like anyone else” and raised a defense: “People complain, but he comes three times a year. At his age, it is normal for him to have fun and, with the money he has, it is not surprising that his parties are so big. But since his name is Neymar, everyone talks about him.”
The chronicler affirms that in his 5,000 m2 mansion there was an “authentic Brazilian music party” on February 5 in honor of his 31st birthday and affirmed that this celebration began at 3:00 p.m. and lasted beyond midnight. . The mayor, at that time, considered that the meetings at Neymar’s house are a problem for all the residents: “It wasn’t just background music. It was annoying.” He also recalled that in the past he had held an event for the PSG title that lasted until 5 in the morning, although he clarified that he has no margin to stop it: “What do you gain by facing someone who doesn’t really care about paying 135 fine euros taking into account what you earn? At some point we will send a file to the prosecutor for repeated disturbance of public order. The report defines him as a “reveler” although he stresses that there is a contrast in the area: “The inhabitants are divided between annoyance and indifference.”
It is not the first time that the talented player has been in the eye of the storm for his parties and even in 2021 the media in his country targeted him for his “marathon parties” a few days after a match for his team against Argentina. Some time later, his end-of-year celebration was also highly commented in his land.
While the pages of the European media are filled with Neymar’s private life, a sentence by Kylian Mbappé after the defeat against Bayern was quickly linked to these facts: “Now we need all our players to be in good health and we will go there ( for Germany) to qualify. We all need to eat well, sleep well, and prepare.” The answer? Ney appeared playing two poker tournaments on his day off and was photographed in a fast food house, in a photo that a friend of his uploaded to social networks at dawn.
The coach, Christope Galtier, was not left out of this and clarified: “I am not going to associate Kylian’s statement with the photo of Ney in a fast food restaurant. I spoke with Ney. I told him what he thought. Ney is allowed to play poker on his recovery day, which he loves. And I told him what I thought of this photo. It will be between him and me.”
