Neymar dances at a samba school

Neymar made the most of his week off to dance at the headquarters of samba school Grande Rio, one of the most traditional in Rio de Janeiro, which will be paying tribute to the city of Santos during the carnival of 2016.

Neymar was at the school on Saturday night attending the party during which the song to be sung by Grande Rio dancers in their parade at the Rio de Janeiro sambadrome, was selected.

The Grande Rio parade will be dedicated to the city of Santos and mention will also be made of the eponymous football club, where both the legendary Pele, and Neymar himself, once played.

Neymar was given the job of crowning the queen of the school, who this year will be soap-opera actress Paloma Bernardi.