European return in July?
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After more than eleven years, 380 goal participations in 366 games and a cumulative transfer of 400 million euros, Neymar is back at FC Santos. Shortly after the dissolution of his contract with Al-Hilal, the 32-year-old Brazilian has signed a contract at his youth club until summer. According to media reports, however, this could only be a temporary solution, because Neymar is probably planning to return to Europe.
For a year and a half, Neymar was under contract with Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia, which transferred 90 million euros to Paris Saint-Germain. During this period, the gifted dribbler completed only seven games over 428 minutes. Again and again injuries braked him, shortly after his arrival he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in October 2023 and then did not get going. From a sporting and financial point of view, the transfer for the Saudi club became a disaster, but was still a win-win situation (to the article).
In 2013, Neymar switched to FC Barcelona for 88 million euros. Previously, he had caused a sensation at FC Santos and was considered the next Brazilian superstar. In 225 games for the traditional club, he scored 136 goals and prepared 64 more before leaving him at the age of 21. He also caused a sensation at FC Barcelona, was involved in 181 games in 186 games and, together with Lionel Messi (37) and Luis Suárez (38), formed one of the best trio in football history. After four years, he was drawn to PSG for 222 million euros – the most expensive transfer in the world to this day.
Neymar: Via PSG and the desert back home
In his Parisian period, Neymar came to 195 goal participations in 173 games, but he was denied the dream of the title in the Champions League. The exceptional cloister had increasingly struggled with injuries, and completed almost 29 games per season in six years. At his stations in Spain and Brazil it was still well over 40.
Neymar finds his home club in a different situation when he left it at the time. Although the Brazilian championship was not played during this time, the Copa Libertadores, the South American equivalent to the Champions League, were still able to win in 2012. With eleven scorers, Neymar was instrumental in twelve missions. In the winter of 2023, Santos had to start the bitter walk into Série B, a year later the return (to the article).
But where his career once started, she should obviously not end. According to information from “Sky“Should it go back to Europe after half a year, but a specific association is not mentioned. Previously, the 33-year-old stays at home for half a year where he can prove that he has not yet counted among the old iron.