‘Suck it haters’: Neymar hits back at fat jibes

'Suck it haters': Neymar hits back at fat jibes

Brazil forward Neymar has hit back at critics who suggested he is fat, saying any added mass is “beauty weight.”

Neymar, 31, is out of the rest of the season having sustained a serious knee injury in October while on international duty.

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The Al Hilal forward, who is recovering in Brazil, attended Romario’s 58th birthday party in Rio de Janeiro at the weekend.

Pictures of Neymar at the event surfaced online, provoking comments by critics that Brazil’s all-time record goalscorer had put on weight.

Some even posted fake photographs of Neymar with a bigger frame than normal.