Seven matches, one goal, three assists, one yellow card and 428 minutes of play. Since his arrival from Paris Saint-Germain, where he had become unwanted, for the tidy sum of 90 million euros, the Brazilian has not not yet hit the screen in Saudi Arabia. Blame it on a serious injury, it’s true. But his employer must start to find the time long because, like Cristiano Ronaldo and Ciehe was to be one of the headliners of a championship which is struggling to take off.
The former Santos junior had left the French capital under pressure. Only Al-Hilal and Saudi Arabia, in the summer of 2023, could offer him a salary capable of allowing him to maintain his Parisian standard of living. And it’s an understatement to say that, since his eighteen months, the winger has not reimbursed his employer on the field, he who will celebrate his 33rd birthday on February 5.
Obviously, at this level of remuneration, it offers the opportunity for smart people to indulge in some calculations. And that gives some frightening figures. Neymar costs, for example, a little more than a quarter of a million francs per day for the Saudi club. Worse, when we divide his salary by his minutes played, the Brazilian has so far received… 214,000 francs per 60 seconds spent on a pitch in his new championship.
-Fortunately, the former Barça man does after-sales service in the media, he who is one of the bridgeheads of the Football project of a country which was offered on a platter and without competition the 2034 World Cup by the FIFA. He followed the “fashion” launched by a certain Cristiano Ronaldo, who twice compared the level of the Saudi first division with that of the French Ligue 1.
“The level of the Saudi Pro League is increasing and, from what I see, it is better than that of Ligue 1. Ligue 1 has its advantages. It’s a very strong championship. I played it, so I know it well. Today, the Saudi Pro League players are better,” Neymar explained a few days ago. We don’t have to believe it…
