He couldn't miss this.
According to information from L'Équipe, Neymar will be present at the ceremony paying tribute to Pelé, the greatest player of all time, who died Thursday, December 29 at the age of 82.
Suspended for the match against Lens, the PSG player, a former Santos FC player like Pelé, arrived in Brazil according to the correspondent of the sports daily on the spot.
The Brazilian striker should thus be present at the tributes to Pelé, which begin this Monday at Santos.
Neymar is expected to be at his idol's funeral tomorrow.
He arrived in the evening in Guarujá #PeleEterno
— Eric Frosio (@froz91) January 1, 2023
From 10 a.m. local time (2 p.m. in France), fans will be able to pray at the coffin of King Pelé, which will be displayed in the center of the lawn at the Vila Belmiro de Santos stadium.
Anonymous and celebrities should take turns during the 24 hours when the body will be presented.
Among the personalities expected, in addition to Neymar, the Brazilian president, Lula, who was officially invested on Sunday evening, as well as Gianni Infantino, the president of Fifa will be present.
Security has been tightened at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, in anticipation of the arrival of sportsmen, politicians and other personalities planning to attend the funeral wake, according to the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo.
The following day, Tuesday, the funeral procession will leave Santos Stadium and pass the home of Dona Celeste, Pelé's 100-year-old mother, who is unaware of her son's death, according to her daughter, Maria. Lucia do Nascimento.
"She doesn't know, we talked, but she doesn't know," Pelé's sister told ESPN.
She's fine, but she's in her own world.
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Finally, within the strict framework of family intimacy, Pelé will be buried in the Memorial Necropolis Eucumênica, a huge white vertical cemetery where Pelé will rest on the 9th floor.
A location he himself had chosen several years ago to have an eternal view of the Santos stadium.