José Luis Chilavert, a far-right politician with notorious homophobic and sexist ideas, attacked Vinicius Junior in a tweet. “Bread and circuses, the first to insult and attack his rivals is him,” wrote the former Paraguay goalkeeper.

The former Strasbourg goalkeeper is today trying to exist in the media via the political arena. For the moment, it is a dismal failure. In the 2023 presidential election, he received barely 2% of the votes.