A (very) interested support?
Brazil's left-wing presidential candidate Lula lashed out on Tuesday at Neymar, who backs current President Jair Bolsonaro, mocking that the choice would be motivated by a "reduction" of his debt to the Brazilian government. Brazilian tax.
“Neymar has the right to choose who 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 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 won 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.
While most footballers have opted not to make the name of their preferred candidate public, the PSG striker has thrown his support behind Bolsonaro ahead of the first round.
This week, the former player of the capital club Rai, world champion with the "Seleçao" in the United States in 1994, supported Lula during the Ballon d'Or ceremony in Paris.
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