Neymar returns home. The 32 -year -old superstar should join her former Santos team, the Marcelo Teixeira club announced on Instagram. Tuesday evening, Neymar and the former club al-Hilal separated due to a mutual agreement, opening his return to South America, the club even using a video generated by AI featuring the deceased, Grand Pelé as part of their land.
Neymar played for Santos from 2009 to 2013, making his name for Brazilian giants with his dazzling flair, his speed and technical capacity, winning many trophies, no bigger than the triumph of the 2011 copa libertadores on Penarol. Neymar finished his first career in Santos with 136 goals in 225 games.
Neymar has played a total of seven games for al-Hilal due to injuries since his participation in 2023, with a serious knee injury that kept him away from the majority of time, missing 48 games from October 2023 to September 2024.
Neymar joined Barcelona in 2013 and won each title imaginable alongside Lionel Messi, moving to Paris Saint-Germain with what was a world record in 2017 of 220 million euros. Neymar played 173 games for PSG, scoring 118 goals, but towards the end of his time there, he was overshadowed by Messi and Kylian Mbappe. He became one of the names of a marquee to jump to Saudi Arabia when he joined Al-Hilal in 2023, but played his first season in only five games.