Famous singer Niall Horan got candid about his first meeting with Neymar Jr. on Netflix’s The Rest is Football podcast, which almost got him to break the Brazilian footballer’s ankles. After taking over the football fans in the UK, Netflix brings The Rest is Football to its platform for the FIFA World Cup 2026 to entertain a global audience with its fun football discussion. Host Gary Lineker comes together with Alan Shearer and Micah Richards to host a star-studded list of guests. One of them was Niall Horan.

While Niall Horan talked about a lot of things on the podcast, the revelation about Neymar Jr. has got all the attention.

In a recent episode of Netflix’s The Rest is Football, titled Scotland’s Crucial Win and Niall Horan’s Rondo With Neymar, the famous singer, who featured alongside footballer Joe Cole, shared his recollections of his first meeting with Neymar Jr. While recounting the meeting, he quickly detailed what followed.

“We were kind of playing a little bit of a rondo thing, and he’d [Neymar Jr.] just come back from injury, and I did a slide tackle on him. He was in his garage. I was like, ‘Oh Jesus, what am I doing?’ I’d had a few beers on board. ‘I am gonna break the ankles of the best Brazilian footballer in the world,’” Horan said.

During the podcast, he gave a little background before sharing the incident. He said that he met Neymar when he went to see a Barcelona game and someone informed him there that the Brazilian phenomenon was a fan of his. So, when Neymar politely invited him to his house, he could not refuse.

He said that he had a great time with him and his friends, with whom he shared a lovely game of pool and a few drinks. However, one of the guests could not believe that he went to Neymar’s house just to play pool there. The witty remark led him to further reveal information about the fun bit of the night, and hence we got an interesting Horan-Neymar memory.

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Talking about the football content on Netflix, The Rest is Football is not the only soccer content the streamer added to its library this football season.

Emi Martínez: The Kid Who Stops Time, James., and Ronaldinho: The One and Only are recent Netflix soccer productions that chronicle the lives and careers of the Brazilian, Colombian, and Argentine legends. The Emmy-nominated Beckham, Captains of the World, a José Mourinho episode of The Playbook, Vini Jr., and Under Pressure: The U.S. Women's World Cup Team, which chronicles the team's quest to win the 2023 championship, are among the other soccer-related Netflix programs.

Through the tales of unlikely Premier League legend Jamie Vardy, Liverpool's incredible 2005 Champions League-winning team, and controversial professional player-turned-actor Vinnie Jones, the highly regarded sports documentary series Untold broadened its scope to highlight the world of English soccer. Anyhow, Niall Horan’s tidbit about his near-injury interaction with Neymar Jr. is going to be on everyone’s mind for a while.

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