Neymar's odd new hairstyle is not a wig
Just days after trolling an Instagram post from Antoine Griezmann, showing off the French star's questionable new blue hair, Neymar has stepped out with an updated bouffant of his own.
Neymar caused a stir among fans when he jumped on an Instagram post from Antoine Griezmann to mock the French star's latest, blue-tinged coiffage.
The good natured banter between the Brazilian Barcelona star and his French Atletico Madrid rival sent Greizmann's post viral, with more than 800,000 fans liking it when the data analysts at beIN jumped on for a look.
But Griezmann, whose post had chalked up more than 14,000 comments by Friday, may yet have the last laugh, with Neymar showing off the latest in a bizarre catalogue of hairstyles at a charity auction for the Neymar Jr Foundation in Sao Paulo.
Part mullet, part faux hawk, Neymar's latest look conjures memories of the comical wig worn by Cristiano Ronaldo on a trip to Disneyland with his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez.
Except that Neymar's hair is real, as this video he posted to Twitter attests:
Fans won't be used to the Brazilian with a bouffant of oddly-styled hair nested atop his skull, the sharp-skilled striker generally preferring a closer crop.
However, we're not surprised. Over the course of his time in the limelight, Neymar has constantly toyed with his look in much the same way he toys with opposition defenders, though in the style stakes, not always with the same degree of success.