According to ESPN, Neymar’s entourage is in discussions with three Majors League Soccer (MLS) clubs, including Chicago, explains Foot Mercato, but not Inter Miami, the club of his friends Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi which he would like always join.
Three new suitors for Neymar (32 years old). At the end of his contract next summer with Al-Hilal, the Brazilian striker is expected to join MLS where his name is often mentioned alongside Inter Miami, his friends Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. According to ESPN, his entourage is currently discussing with three other teams in the North American championship, but not Miami. According to Foot Mercato, the Brazilian clan would exchange with the Chicago Fire franchise while the names of the other clubs have not filtered.
His father would like him to be paid better than Messi
Seen from Brazil, a departure of Neymar to the United States would still be far from being confirmed. And if he were to play there, the player would always want it to happen alongside his great friends and former Barça players, Suarez and Messi. Javier Mascherano, another former member of the Catalan club now on the Inter Miami bench, recently deemed his recruitment “impossible” due to MLS rules. The championship restricts franchises on salaries with an existing cap and permissions to exceed it for three designated players.
-With its stars (Messi, Suarez, Albi, Busquets), Inter Miami currently has no margin. And Neymar would not really be ready to make concessions in relation to his astronomical contract in Saudi Arabia (170 million euros over two years). According to L’Équipe, the player’s father would like his son to benefit from a higher salary than Messi if he joined MLS. Neymar Santos Sr reportedly met with Chicago leaders this week with the player’s agent, Pini Zahavi.
Neymar left PSG in the summer of 2023 for 90 million euros to join Al-Hilal. But his adventure in Saudi Arabia turned into a fiasco due to a very serious left knee injury suffered with Brazil in October 2023 after only three matches played in his new colors. He returned to competition a year later, in October 2024, before injuring his hamstring in the following match. In a year and a half, he only played five matches with Al-Hilal, whose leaders began to lose patience.
