Neymar Jr. is regarded as one of the best in the world ever since his transfer to FC Barcelona in 2013. He was seen as a prodigy since his very young days at Santos after he caught the eye of the world by winning the prestigious FIFA Puskas Award for a brilliant solo goal in 2011.
He was a part of the famous trio, ‘MSN’ (Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Neymar Jr.) which took the soccer world by storm in 2015 and won the treble with FC Barcelona.
Neymar’s handsome looks alongside his great soccer talent meant that he had everything necessary for a huge fan following which he realized during his Barcelona days but fans have never heard much of his talking because he allegedly isn’t able to speak English. This meant that Neymar’s huge fan following many of whom are English speakers couldn’t understand their favorite star when he spoke.
But these rumors have been put to bed recently when Neymar was heard talking in English in a podcast where he was asked which was the loudest stadium he has played in. He was confused as Neymar has played in some of the world’s best stadiums like Camp Nou, Santiago Bernabeu, etc., but the Brazillian named Flamengo as the loudest stadium he had ever played in.
He said: “So hard! I don’t know, for me, Flamengo, Brazil”.
This left his fans in shock as the media had made them believe that the Brazilian star couldn’t speak in English.
What languages does Neymar speak?
Neymar speaks fluent Portuguese which is quite understandable as Portuguese is the native language of Brazil. Having been born and bought up in Brazil and started his career there, Neymar has a very good hold of the language and chooses to speak the same in interviews where he isn’t restrained for languages.
He also learned Spanish before his move to Barcelona in 2013, in fact, he had started learning Spanish a couple of years before the move as he was primed to go to Europe immediately after he rose to success with Santos. He isn’t as fluent in Spanish as he is in Portuguese but both languages being similar, it wasn’t much of a problem for him to learn it.
Neymar can also speak English and French. He started learning French after his blockbuster record-breaking move to PSG in 2017. He doesn’t have a full grasp of the language but having played for several years in the French capital now, he can understand French and even speak it.
Fans react as Neymar speaks fluent English
Fans were left amazed after Neymar was seen speaking in English at a podcast. They never thought that the Olympic Gold medalist could speak in English and this has left fans shocked. One fan was quite surprised and said that this podcast was the first time he had heard Neymar speak in English.
They wrote: “That’s the first time I’ve heard Ney talk in English….”
Another fan was left surprised as they had also heard Neymar speak in English for the first time but what amazed this fan was the fluency with which Neymar spoke which was quite surprising.
They wrote: “First time I’ve heard Neymar speak English and he’s surprisingly good at it”.
Fans also did a bit of trolling while watching Neymar speak English taking a dig at England captain Harry Kane and saying that Neymar spoke better English than him.
They wrote: “Bro’s defo better in English than Harry Kane.”
Neymar Jr.’s English-speaking fans would be very excited after hearing this podcast and would be looking forward to seeing their favorite star speaking in English.