Neymar has hit back at reports claiming he has demanded Al-Hilal sack their manager Jorge Jesus.
The Brazilian superstar left Paris Saint-Germain in the summer to join the Saudi Pro League side in a deal worth £80million.
The 31-year-old has been sidelined with an ankle injury for the last six months, making his long-awaited debut off the bench in the 6-1 win over Al-Riyadh last week.
That result was followed by a draw in the Asian Champions League against Navbahor Namangan with Neymar failing to score and picking up a yellow card on a frustrating full debut.
A number of media outlets have claimed Neymar and head coach Jesus clashed post-match in the team dressing room with Neymar reprimanded as a result. The former Barcelona star is also claimed to have gone to Al-Hilal bosses in an attempt to get the former Benfica manager sacked.
Neymar has now strongly denied those rumours.
‘Lies… Y’all got to stop believing these things, pages like this… with millions of followers you can’t keep posting fake news!’ he wrote on Instagram. ‘With all due respect in the world, I ask you to stop this. This is a lot of disrespect.’
Neymar has made three appearances for his new club, providing two assists but still to score his first goal.
Jesus, who arrived at the club this summer after a spell in charge at Fenerbahce, leads a squad that also includes Aleksandr Mitrovic, Ruben Neves, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Kalidou Koulibaly. The Portuguese recently launched an astonishing rant at recent opponents Navbahor, declaring their performance the most shocking he has seen in in 35 years as a coach.
‘It was an abnormal game. We are prepared to play against closed opponents, but what the other team did today goes against football, Jesus said.
‘They were constant wastes of time, which made my players lose focus.
‘The game was difficult, if you can call it a game, because the team we faced was repeatedly wasting time and breaking the rhythm, and I’m not used to playing against this type of team.
‘I’ve been a coach for 35 years and I’ve never seen anything like this, a team wasting time like Navbahor.
‘They didn’t come in to play football. All they did was anti-play, successive fouls and wasting time and the referee didn’t control the situation. Our draw, it didn’t come from their defensive discipline, but from something far removed from football.’
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