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Presidential in Brazil: Lula attacks Neymar, saying he supports Bolsonaro because "he is afraid"

2022-10-19T07:07:08.732Z


According to the left-wing candidate for the presidential election in Brazil, the entourage of the PSG player has reached an agreement with the B team.


The video had caused the buzz.

At the end of September, Neymar posted a message on his social networks where the PSG star urged his fans to vote in the first round of the presidential election in Brazil for current President Jair Bolsonaro.

In the sequence, the captain of the "Seleção" did not speak directly to call for a slip for Bolsonaro, he took up a song calling for a vote the following Sunday for number 22, that of the president.

Silent until then, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the candidate of the left and opponent of Bolsonaro attacked Neymar on Tuesday, explaining that this choice would be motivated by a "reduction" of his debt with the Brazilian tax authorities.

O momento em que Lula fala sobre Neymar apoiar Bolsonaro Durante entrevista no Flow Podcast:



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“Neymar has the right to choose whoever he wants as president.

I think he is afraid that if I win the election, I will find out what Bolsonaro forgave him

(about)

his

income tax

debt .

I think that's why he's scared of me," Lula said with a laugh when asked in an interview with YouTube channel Flow Podcast if he resented the player who supports his far-right presidential rival.

“It is obvious that Bolsonaro made an agreement with the father (of Neymar).

Now he has tax problems in Spain,” added Lula, referring to the favorable decisions the player obtained in a tax evasion case in Brazil, and the trial in Barcelona for tax irregularities during his transfer to Barça. in 2013.

But "it's a problem (which concerns) the tax collection agency, not mine", concluded Lula in the interview, broadcast and seen by more than a million viewers.

Lula finished first in the first round of the election on October 2 with 48% of the vote, five points ahead of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who is seeking a second term.

The second round will take place on October 30.

This week, former Brazilian footballer Rai, world champion with the "Seleção" in the United States in 1994, gave him noticeable support for Lula during the Ballon d'Or ceremony in Paris.

Source: leparis

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