Neymar is at the center of a serious controversy on the side of Al-Hilal. The former PSG player reportedly requested the immediate departure of his coach, Jorge Jesus, after clashing with him.
The walls of Al-Hilal’s locker room shook last Monday. In any case, this is what several Arab media revealed, but also Sport Italia. According to them, it was a verbal skirmish between Neymar and Jorge Jesus which would be the cause. Little to his advantage during the Asian Champions League match which pitted his team last Monday against the Uzbek club Navbahor Namangan (1-1), the “Ney” would have been entitled to some reprimands from his coach. And he wouldn’t have liked that at all.
The information relayed on Saturday by Mundo Deportivo indicates that, following Jorge Jesus’ rant, Al-Hilal managers met the Portuguese tactician’s agent on Tuesday to warn him of a possible dismissal. To avoid this, the coach was asked to improve the team’s results as quickly as possible. In the Champions League, Al-Hilal has so far only played one match and ranks second in its group, two points behind the leader, the Iranian club of Nassaji Mazandaran.
Not the fire
In the championship, Neymar and his team are also in second place after seven days, just one unit behind Al-Ittihad of Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kanté. Suffice it to say that Al-Hilal’s situation is absolutely not dramatic, but Neymar’s status could well cause some commotion.
