240,000 euros for a statue of Richard Orlinski, 220,000 euros for a painting… The “For Hope” association, co-founded a year ago by Idrissa Gueye, was a hit on Thursday evening in Paris.
The PSG midfielder brought together the entire Parisian workforce as well as many personalities at the Salons Hoche, located in the 8th arrondissement of the capital for a gala and an auction for the benefit of the association which comes to help children with HIV or cancer.
Kylian Mbappé, Neymar, Achraf Hakimi, Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria… All the PSG stars were present for this evening.
The auction started around 10 p.m., without the Argentines Messi, Di Maria or Paredes, who had already left.
They gave Neymar the opportunity to win a ball from the African Cup of Nations final signed by all the Senegalese winners including Idrissa Gueye.
Neymar 🇧🇷 came out of the auction with the victorious CAN ball signed by all the players of Senegal 👏🇸🇳
The funds will go to the association "For Hope" which works with people in need in France and the Senegal.
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— PSG COMMUNITY (@psgcommunity_) May 12, 2022
Kylian Mbappé or Lionel Messi jerseys were also on sale, as was a Karim Benzema and Real Madrid jersey.
A tunic by Marco Verratti was sold for 15,000 euros.
One of the big prizes, a statue of a gorilla signed Richard Orlinski, went to Presnel Kimpembe's home for 240,000 euros.
Mbappé and Neymar also “fought” for several minutes for a table that finally left against 220,000 euros in the hands of a business manager.
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