Still on the flank, Neymar has been playing for his club Al-Hilal since October 2023. Usually spoken at Santos, the Brazilian hit the table with his fist.
After six seasons at Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar was gradually sent off. The Brazilian opted to move to Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2023 to sign for Al-Hilal. But as in his Parisian years, it didn’t take long for him to fall victim to his fragile body again, with a ruptured cruciate ligament in his left knee in a match between Brazil and Uruguay on October 19, 2023. With a contract until 2025 with Al-Hilal, Neymar is already fuelling rumours of an exit within a year. He insisted on answering them.
Answering questions from Globoesporte, the former FC Barcelona player wanted to put an end without delay to the hypotheses about a possible return to his training club in a year’s time, and even less this summer. “What they said is a whole Mentira. No there is nothing planned. I still have one year left on my contract with Al-Hilal and I hope I can have a smart season after missing this one. You have to take things one after the other. I’ve spent a lot of time here, clearly Santos is my favorite team and one day I need to go back there, but I don’t have anything planned. “
A transparent response that refers to the rumors unleashed by the words of the president of Santos, Marcelo Teixera, who said that he would seek to do everything possible to repatriate the Brazilian player one day or another: “Neymar will return to Santos. I don’t know when. It’s up to him, but I’m working on it (. . . ) Meanwhile, the biggest involved focuses on his Saudi adventure, which has only just begun. Since joining the Saudi Pro League, he has played just five games in all competitions, scoring one goal and providing 3 assists.
Interviewed last March through ESPN, Neymar had also hinted that one day he would see himself playing again with Lionel Messi: “I hope we play together. Léo is a wonderful person, in football, everyone knows him. Enough to postpone a hypothetical going back even further to Santos.
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