Football: Neymar and Brazil teammates arrive in Singapore amid low-key welcome
SINGAPORE – If he was still feeling snoozy after his overnight flight from Paris, Neymar would have been awakened by the beat of the samba drumming that greeted him at the JW Marriott Singapore South Beach early on Monday morning (Oct 7). The Brazil superstar, who scored the last goal in his club Paris Saint-Germain’s 4-0 win over Anger on Saturday, and his Selecao teammates are in town for the Brazil Global Tour which sees the five-time world champions face Senegal and Nigeria on Thursday and Sunday respectively in two international friendlies at the National Stadium. Stepping out of a minivan after his compatriots and PSG colleagues Marquinhos and Thiago Silva, the 27-year-old Neymar, who wore a black cap, white T-shirt, khaki pants, as well as diamond-studded necklace and earrings, looked bleary-eyed as he scanned his surroundings. It was 7.30 am and while there were just nine fans, who had waited for an hour, outside the hotel, Neymar stopped to sign a caricature of himself and four jerseys – including some of his former club Barcelona which he has been heavily linked with a return to – before striding into the JW Marriott in under…