Al-Hilal wants to fire Neymar!

Bad time for Neymar. Having just returned after a serious knee injury, he was injured again at the start of the week, during an Asian Champions League match against Esteghlal Tehran. Although it is a priori not a particularly serious injury, it is starting to do a lot for the former PSG star, who has missed 87% of Al-Hilal's matches since his signing in the summer of 2023 .

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“I had a cramp, but it was very strong! I'm going to take some exams and I hope it's nothing more. It's normal that this happens after a year, the doctors had already warned me, that's why I have to be careful and have more minutes to play.”confided the Canarinha player, who should be absent for three weeks. Regardless, the leaders of Al-Hilal are starting to get annoyed…

Return to the country?

As indicated UOL Esportethe management of the Saudi club plans to terminate the player's contract in January. Everything will depend on his progress between now and then, but the possibility of firing the 32-year-old striker is clearly on the table. The decision-makers of the Saudi Pro League club have more and more doubts about the ability of the player trained at Santos to return to his best level, while his contract expires next June.

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Financially, Al-Hilal clearly cannot find his way there, after having put 90 million euros on the table to recruit him, in addition to a salary of 160 million euros per season. In total, Neymar only played 7 matches, for one goal and 2 assists. Not to mention the fact that there are a limited number of places for foreign players, and management doesn't want to waste one on a player who gets injured regularly. The termination of his contract could be done by mutual agreement, while Neymar would like to return to the country and retire with Santos. To be continued…