"Neymar will join Santos in June next year" Neymar returns after a year of confident remarks by Vice Chairman Santos, raising interest in next year's FA destination
Nov 01, 2024
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Once world-renowned soccer star Neymar (32) is an unlucky star who took half of his contract period off due to injury after joining Al-Hilal.
He injured his knee in the away game of the fourth round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifying round against Uruguay on October 18 last year. After a year of injury recovery and rehabilitation, he played as a substitute for Nasser Al-Dausari in the 32nd minute of the second half in the third game of the 2024-2025 ACLE League Stage against Al-Ain at the Haja bin Zayed Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the 22nd of last month and succeeded in returning. Al-Hilal won 5-4 after a slugfest with Al-Ain.
Neymar left Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in August 2023 and completely transferred to Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal for a transfer fee of 80 million euros (about 120 billion won). His period runs through June 2025. It is a waste of about half of the contract period due to injury, raising the possibility that Al-Hilal will not hold Neymar after the expiration of the contract.
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But there was a secret destination. It is Santos FC from Brazil, his hometown team. Spanish media 'As' reported on the 1st that Oswald Nico, vice chairman of Santos' club, admitted to negotiating a transfer with Neymar.
Vice Chairman Nico said in a media interview that `Neymar will arrive in Santos in June next year. I'm talking to Neymar about this plan"Everyone played with Neymar at Santos. He'll come to Santos," he said confidently.
In February 2023, Santos, president of the club, also mentioned Neymar's return. At the time, Neymar denied that there was a possibility that he would return to Santos in 2024 because of his contract with Al-Hilal, but it is clear that Santos is my favorite team. I want to go back someday."
Santos is Neymar's former professional debut team in 2009. Based on his strong performance here, he moved to FC Barcelona in July 2013, opening the era of big league superstars.
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