Al Hilal forward, Neymar has hailed Chelsea’s Estêvão Willian after he broke his 15-year long record in the Brazilian Serie A.
Neymar congratulated Willian and told the 17-year-old to continue to shine in his career.
Willian has been in good form in South America ahead of his switch to England next year.
He reached 18 goal contributions this season over the weekend, which is a new record in the Brazilian top-flight across a single campaign for a player under the age of 18.
Neymar held the previous record with 16 goals, which he did during his time at his childhood club Santos in 2009.
Reacting, Neymar posted on his Instagram story about Willian: “Congratulations for the broken record.
“May you continue to shine and enchant everyone with your soccer. Fly.”
Willian completed to join Chelsea from Palmeiras in June.
He will officially move to the Premier League West London club on July 1, 2025, once his 18th birthday has passed.
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