Brazil superstar Neymar Farm to a return to his former club SantosSources told ESPN on Sunday.
Neymar remains on the list of the Saudi club Al Hilal, but the director of the Jorge Jesus Pro League team, leaving Neymar eligible to play only in the Asian Champions League.
Consequently, Neymar looked for his next game opportunity and seems to have found him with the club with which he began his professional career.
Sources indicate to ESPN that the Neymar contract with Al Hilal will probably be terminated, but the final details are still being negotiated. The two parties should meet at the start of this week in the hope of reaching an agreement. If this happens, Neymar should sign a six -month contract, which will have an option to extend an additional year, with Santos.
If the agreement with Santos is concluded, Neymar should go to Brazil this week and could play for Santos on February 5.
By completing his Al Hilal contract, which crossed this summer, Neymar would move around $ 65 million. Sources have declared to ESPN that he could invent at least part of the deficit by having himself and his father, Neymar Santos Sr., being part of an investment fund which includes shares of Santos.
However, ESPN Brazil reports that Neymar is still determined to recover money from Al Hilal and that any agreement involving Santos actions would be extremely difficult to perform in the short term.
Thus, although the frame of a return to Santos is in place in principle, there are always collage points.
If his return to Santos is over, he will conclude a transfer saga which included the possibility that Neymar heads for MLS Side Chicago Fire FC. However, Neymar’s preference was to return to Brazil to regain its shape and perhaps recover its place with the national team.
Neymar, 32, endured a difficult fate with Al Hilal after joining the Saudi club Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2023 for an amount of $ 97.6 million.
The former Barcelona star underwent an anterior crossed ligament torn in his left knee when he was in international service shortly after joining Al Hilal. He returned to the field last October, but an injury to the hamstrings prevented him from making more contribution. He only made seven appearances in the league and cup with a single goal scored in a stage match of the AFC Champions League against Nassaji Mazandaran on October 3, 2023.
Despite his difficulties in Saudi Arabia, Neymar remains one of the biggest names in sport thanks to his exploits alongside Lionel Messi And Luis Suárez During his stay with Barcelona from 2013 to 2017. At that time, he was one of the teams who won a crown from the UEFA Champions League, two Laliga titles and three COPA DEL REYS.
Later, he moved to PSG in 2017 and won five Ligue 1 titles, three Coupé de Frances and two coupes from the Leagues.
Neymar began his professional career with Santos in 2009, leading them to a triumph of the Copa Libertadores in 2011, when he marked in the second stage of the final, a 2-1 victory against Peñarol.
Internationally, Neymar appeared 128 times for Brazil, marking a record of Selecao 79 goals. He was part of the Brazil team who won the gold medal at the 2016 summer Olympic Games, which Brazil organized.
The information of Julien Laurens and Espn Brazil was used in this story.
