PSG star Neymar Jr has been revealed as the anonymous donor who donatated 5 million Brazilian real (£775,000/$950,000) to charity to fight coronavirus.

The Brazilian playmaker has been unveiled as the generous figure who split the sum between UNICEF and a benefit fund in his home nation of Brazil.

Neymar had made the generous gesture without putting his name to it, however, Brazilian television channel SBT revealed that the national team striker had made the unknown donation.

In a statement made by SBT programme Fofocolizando: “He preferred not to publicly disclose the donation, so we’re telling everyone, because we like to talk when a person does something nice.

“We have this information, we really think it’s a very cool, very positive attitude, and one that serves as an incentive for other sportsmen, for other personalities.”

Neymar’s donation comes at a time football players and club sides have taken a salary cut to help mitigate the continuous effect of COVID-19.