Was Neymar Jr’s ring really stolen during Al Hilal’s AFC Champions League 2024 match as video goes viral

Was Neymar Jr’s ring really stolen during Al Hilal’s AFC Champions League 2024 match as video goes viral

Neymar Junior, the master of Brazilian football, recently reacted to an Instagram page’s comment section for exploiting his name to promote false information by claiming his ring was stolen

Neymar Junior turned to social media to answer questions about a reported robbery that occurred during an Al-Hilal game. The player, who is presently sidelined by a fresh ailment, stressed that the rumours are false and fall under the category of fake news.

Was Neymar Jr’s ring really stolen during Al Hilal’s AFC Champions League match as video goes viral

According to the rumours, Neymar Junior greeted a fan before taking the field ahead of an AFC Champions league match between Al Hilal and Esteghlal and then dropped a ring worth about £16 million. Neymar appears to glance back at his fingers in a few films that have gone viral, which sparked conjecture regarding the missing object.


Neymar allegedly only noticed the theft later, as he was heading to his pre-match warm-up and the stolen ring was later put up for auction with a price tag of 15,000 euros.

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“You guys are going crazy! Just this week, there have been three fake news stories. A page this size, full of followers, spreading lies. It makes things difficult… it’s a shame that Brazil treats me like this,” Neymar said.

Despite the circumstances of the occurrence, Neymar stated that none of his jewellery was stolen. The suspected theft was seen on camera last Monday, before to Al-Hilal’s Asian Champions League match. Although Neymar looked healthy at first, he was substituted later in the second half due to an injury he got following a tackle by Zamani.

Cristiano Ronaldo will replace Neymar

In place of the injured Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo has been linked to a move to Al-Hilal. The Saudi Pro League team is reportedly prepared to cut the Brazilian’s contract and add the Portuguese striker to their roster.

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The 39-year-old has scored 68 goals in 78 games for Al-Nassr since making the big-money move from Manchester United, so the move would cause a stir in Saudi football. Al-Hilal is not eager to register the 32-year-old Neymar for contests and is not ready to wager on him keeping injury-free, according to the Catalan media site SPORT.

Neymar suffered an ACL injury that kept him out of action for a year. During the AFC Champions League match against Esteghlal, he suffered a hamstring injury in his second game back and was replaced less than half an hour later.

Neymar has only participated in seven games since joining Al-Hilal till 2025, with one goal and three assists.

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