According to reports, Neymar’s loss of nearly £900k in just 60 minutes during an online poker game may seem like an astronomical amount to many, but for the 31-year-old footballer, it is a relatively small sum.
His net worth, estimated to be around £77m ($96m) by Forbes, means that such a loss is a mere drop in the water for him.
Neymar signed a £31.6m-a-year (€36m) deal in 2021 that still has four years remaining, and in comparison to his vast income, the loss he suffered while playing poker is equivalent to losing a week’s wages.
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It is unlikely that he will lose much sleep over it, as seen in the video where he fake-cried, screamed, and then laughed off the loss as if it were a routine occurrence for him as a Ligue 1 attacker.
According to reports, Neymar’s loss of nearly £900k in just 60 minutes during an online poker game may seem like an astronomical amount to many, but for the 31-year-old footballer, it is a relatively small sum.
His net worth, estimated to be around £77m ($96m) by Forbes, means that such a loss is a mere drop in the water for him.
Neymar signed a £31.6m-a-year (€36m) deal in 2021 that still has four years remaining, and in comparison to his vast income, the loss he suffered while playing poker is equivalent to losing a week’s wages.
It is unlikely that he will lose much sleep over it, as seen in the video where he fake-cried, screamed, and then laughed off the loss as if it were a routine occurrence for him as a Ligue 1 attacker.
